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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thinness  \Thin"ness\,  n. 
  The  quality  or  state  of  being  thin  (in  any  of  the  senses  of 
  the  word). 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  thinness 
  n  1:  relatively  small  dimension  through  an  object  as  opposed  to 
  its  length  or  width:  "the  tenuity  of  a  hair";  "the 
  thinness  of  a  rope"  [syn:  {tenuity},  {slenderness}] 
  [ant:  {thickness}] 
  2:  the  property  of  having  little  body  fat  [syn:  {leanness}] 
  [ant:  {fatness}] 
  3:  the  property  of  being  very  narrow  or  thin;  "he  marvelled  at 
  the  fineness  of  her  hair"  [syn:  {fineness}] 
  4:  a  consistency  of  low  viscosity;  "he  disliked  the  thinness  of 
  the  soup"  [ant:  {thickness}] 




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