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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a total thickness of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when specifying the overall measurement of thickness in various contexts, such as construction, manufacturing, or materials science.
Example: "The wall has a total thickness of 12 inches, which includes insulation and drywall."
Alternatives: "an overall thickness of" or "a combined thickness of".
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The main armor deck was three plates thick with a total thickness of 3 inches; over the steering gear the armor increased to 6.25 inches in two plates.
Serial confocal sections (0.5 μm thick) within a z-stack spanning a total thickness of 10-12 μm were taken in individual green and red channels using the motor drive focusing system.
The QCL module is repeated 271 times giving a total thickness of 13 μm.
The films had a total thickness of about 3 μm.
These coatings had a total thickness of 1.5±0.2 μm.
A total thickness of deposited layer was about 1 μm.
The specimens had dimensions of 1050 × 1050 mm and a total thickness of 100 mm.
The 1779 eruption pumice was sampled from the lower part (approximately 15 cm from the bottom) of a non-welded deposit with a total thickness of 1.0 m.
The coating selected for detailed analysis had a total thickness of 1.5±0.2 μm.
The period is in the range 7 200 nm for a total thickness of 3 μm.
The layers were designed with modulation periods of approximately 13 nm, up to a total thickness of 2.8 μm.
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