Sentence examples for thickness from inspiring English sources

Once the container is spinning at the correct speed (typically a few revolutions per minute), the mercury spreads out to form a layer less than a millimetre thick, and in such a way that variations in the thickness of the mercury layer compensate for the imperfect shape of the container.

It is backed by a layer of silver 200 nanometres thick, to act as a mirror.The result, a sheet with a total thickness of less than two microns, is the photonic equivalent of a semiconductor: it does to light what a semiconductor does to electricity, namely manipulates its energy levels.

One shelf lost 18% of its thickness during the period.

"It's a piece of kanthal wire, wrapped around silicone, that has a certain electrical resistance based on its length and thickness.

The undertaking is audacious and highly ambitious, for sea ice there will be near its maximum thickness.

Ideally, aim for a pancake the size of a dinner plate with, at its centre, the thickness of a Compeed bunion plaster.

Dried noodles take a few minutes longer, depending on the thickness.

Wrap it in a double layer of clingfilm and chill in the fridge for a couple of hours before slicing into discs of your preferred thickness.

The camera, despite its sub-7mm thickness, is flush with the body of the phone and does not bulge beyond the case like cameras on Apple's iPhone 6 and Samsung's Galaxy smartphones.

Intel says that it can keep the law going for at least another ten years, eventually slimming its transistors down to 5nm, about the thickness of a cell membrane.

That, combined with the difficulty of gaining safe access and the sheer number of places that have to be monitored, means the thickness of the walls of some pipes might be measured only once every four years or so.