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Thinness

noun

Relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width. Synonyms: slenderness, tenuity. "The thinness of a rope"

The property of having little body fat. Synonyms: leanness, spareness.

The property of being very narrow or thin. Synonym: fineness.

The property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness. Synonyms: spareness, sparseness, sparsity.

A consistency of low viscosity.

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"Thinness" Quotes from Famous Books

... a momentary twinge, gone almost before he had realised it, a sudden clear conception of his great loneliness. The satisfaction he strove to extract from improving his estate for the benefit of his brother Gustav appeared to him at that moment to bear a singular resemblance, in its thinness, to Frau Dellwig's charitable soup. He got off his horse to speak to her, and rested his eyes, tired by looking at the hideous passions on the brawler's face, on hers. "To-day is the important day, is it not?" he asked, glancing from her ...

— The Benefactress • Elizabeth Beauchamp

... blue overalls were dusted and cleaned, and put through this acid vat, and that acid tub, growing whiter and more pulpy with each process until it was fed into a great crushing roller that pressed the moisture out of it, flattened it to the proper thinness and spewed it out at last, miraculously, in the form of rolls of crisp, white paper. On the first day of the Easter vacation Fanny Brandeis walked down to the office of the Winnebago Paper Company's mill and applied ...

— Fanny Herself • Edna Ferber

... the lofty disregard of doctrine which in so many quarters seems to be regarded as the hall-mark of enlightened thinking. We do well to beware of a so-called "breadth," which is but a pet euphemism for thinness. ...

— Men in the Making • Ambrose Shepherd

... know that the shameful fact of Kalora's thinness was being whispered among the young men of Morovenia. When the daughters were out for their daily carriage-ride both wore flowing robes. In the case of Kalora, this augmented costume was intended to conceal the ...

— The Slim Princess • George Ade

... inquiring mind, the dwarf decided to satisfy himself upon the matter. All around him lay slabs of rock, some of which were worn perfectly smooth and to the thinness of a tombstone, by centuries of polishing in the iron jaws of glaciers. Selecting one of these of convenient size, Otter approached the edge of the bridge, pushing the stone before him over the frozen snow. Here the ...

— The People Of The Mist • H. Rider Haggard

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