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# thickness

«thickness» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **how thick something is: the distance from one side to the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (thickness, thicknesses)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Thickness is how thick something is: the distance from one side to the other through it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thickness/#m1)

2) Thickness is how dense or not runny something is, like a liquid or fog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thickness/#m2)

3) A thickness is a layer of something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thickness/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: The pillars of the Temple were described precisely. The tradition keeps their size as a memory of the First Temple, destroyed by Babylon. In the primary lessons: In maths and science lessons thickness is a measurement, often in millimetres or centimetres: «the thickness of a book». Thickness of ice matters for safety on frozen ponds. In cooking it tells how runny a sauce is. Phrases: «a thickness of», «measure the thickness».

### examples

- And as for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a line of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers; it was hollow. (Prophets JER.52.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thickness/#x1)
- Measure the thickness of the book with a ruler. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thickness/#x2)
- The ice was only 2 centimetres in thickness, so it was not safe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thickness/#x3)
- The wall has a thickness of 30 centimetres. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thickness/#x4)
- Fold the paper to double its thickness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thickness/#x5)
- The thickness of the soup was just right. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thickness/#x6)
- Wrap the parcel in two thicknesses of paper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thickness/#x7)
- Each coin has a thickness of 2 millimetres, so a stack of 10 is 20 millimetres tall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thickness/#x8)
- He pointed to one corner, in which lay the great Head, made out of many thicknesses of paper, and with a carefully painted face. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thickness/#x9)

### note

Thickness is a length, so it uses length units (mm, cm, m). In maths, a stack's height = number of items × thickness of each. Safety: never walk on ice unless an adult says it is thick enough.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «thickness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thickness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.