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thickness

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thickness [′thik·nəs]
(meteorology)
The vertical depth, measured in geometric or geopotential units, of a layer in the atmosphere bounded by surfaces of two different values of the same physical quantity, usually constant-pressure surfaces.


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That blubber is something of the consistence of firm, close-grained beef, but tougher, more elastic and compact, and ranges from eight or ten to twelve and fifteen inches in thickness.
The whale line is only two thirds of an inch in thickness.
You know of course that a mathematical line, a line of thickness NIL, has no real existence.
 
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