The phrase 'an increase in the width of' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a change in size, generally of an object or area. For example, "The recent floods caused an increase in the width of the river."
The thermal conductivities of both the nanoribbons are found to increase with an increase in the width of the structure.
Secondary growth, resulting in an increase in the width of the axis, is produced by meristematic tissue between the primary xylem and phloem called vascular cambium.
The transmission peaks move to the shorter wavelength direction with an increase in the width of slits while keeping the other parameters unchanged.
When designing the press-fit component of the humerus, an increase in the width of the transverse diameter of the intramedullary stem could increase stability in the canal.
With an increase in the width of the hydrophobic ridge, the CAs increased from 24° to 104° in the parallel direction.
The results indicate that: (i) the average particle diameter decreases as the height within the bed increases, (ii) the level of segregation increases with an increase in the width of the particle size distribution, and (iii) segregation is attenuated as bubbling becomes more vigorous.
Exogenous cues consisted of an increase in the line width of the peripheral box from 0.15° to 0.20°.
We observed a systematic increase in the width of the nanorod with increase in growth temperature.
An increase of the width of the localized states results in a blueshift and an increase of the width of the PL band.
Aseptic loosening is defined as radiolucency greater than 2 mm width, interval increases in the width of an existing radiolucency, cement fracture, and prosthesis migration [ 15].
In contrast, patients taking only methotrexate demonstrated an increase in the main depth and width of the erosions.
