noun. The quality or condition of being thick.

noun. The dimension between two surfaces of an object, usually the dimension of smallest measure.

noun. A layer, sheet, stratum, or ply.

To reduce to a uniform thickness before dressing to shape: said of boards and timber.

noun. In mining, the distance at right angles to the drift or adit measured from the roof or hanging wall to the foot wall in a lode vein or lens.

noun. The state or property of being thick, in any sense; specifically, that dimension of a solid body which is at right angles both to its length and to its breadth; the third or least dimension of a solid.

noun. That which is thick; the thick of anything; the dense, heavy, deep, or solid part.

noun. A fold, layer, or sheet, as of cloth or paper.

noun. In founding, the sand or loam placed temporarily in a mold while it is being prepared for easting. It is afterward removed, and its place is filled with the molten metal.

noun. The quality or state of being thick (in any of the senses of the adjective).

noun. The property of being thick (in dimension).

noun. A measure of how thick (in dimension) something is.

noun. A layer.

noun. The quality of being thick (in consistency).

noun. The property of being thick (slow to understand).

noun. indistinct articulation

noun. the dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width

noun. resistance to flow

noun. used of a line or mark

"As this elementary thickness is not known with a precision greater than 4 per cent, it seems impossible to verify the law above a certain thickness."