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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
thickness
/ˈθɪknəs/
noun
the distance between the opposite edges of a thing
- “The thickness of the walls is impressive.”Tatoeba
- “The steel sheet passes through the rolling train to achieve the desired thickness.”Tatoeba
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Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)