English-Finnish translations for thickness

• paksuus
  Siinä lukee: pituus yli 170 mm, halkaisija 33 mm, paksuus n. 0, 07 mm. It says: length, over 170 mm; diameter, 33 mm; thickness, 0.07 mm.
  Tiedämme, että napa-alueen jääkerroksen paksuus on ohentunut 40 prosenttia ainoastaan 10 vuoden aikana. We know that the thickness of the polar icecap had decreased by 40% in just a decade.
  Komission ehdotuksessa mainitut kirjasinten koko ja paksuus eivät riitä. The size and thickness of the lettering mentioned in the Commission's proposal are insufficient.

Definition of thickness

• The property of being thick (in dimension
• A layer
• The quality of being thick (in consistency
• The property of being thick (slow to understand

Examples

• The thickness of the Earths crust varies from two to 70 kilometres.
• We upholstered the seat with three thicknesses of cloth to make it more comfortable to sit on.
• Whip the cream until it reaches a good thickness.

Related words

• thickness gauge
• critical film thickness
• film equivalent thickness
• half-value thickness
• interfacial layer effective thickness