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THINNER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A diluting agent
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("thinner" is a kind of...):
agent (a substance that exerts some force or effect)
Derivation:
thin (lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture)
thin (make thin or thinner)
Context examples:
Type II features are often thinner and longer than Type I, and are the most common type of landslide on Ceres.
(Landslides on Ceres Reflect Ice Content, NASA)
Dong quai may increase the effect of the drug warfarin (a blood-thinner).
(Dong quai, NCI Dictionary)
To their great joy the trees became thinner the farther they advanced, and in the afternoon they suddenly came upon a broad river, flowing swiftly just before them.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
The thinner cortex could be a factor in the decreased executive function earlier studies observed among children with higher BMI.
(Obesity Can Affect Kids’ Working Memory, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The study is the first to explain several key characteristics of Enceladus observed by Cassini: the global ocean, internal heating, thinner ice at the south pole, and hydrothermal activity.
(Powering Saturn's Active Ocean Moon, NASA)
Holmes looked even thinner and keener than of old, but there was a dead-white tinge in his aquiline face which told me that his life recently had not been a healthy one.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
They were also significantly more likely to have a thinner retina - one of the tell-tale signs of early glaucoma.
(Air Pollution Can Trigger Glaucoma, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The device, made from a single nanowire 1000 times thinner than a human hair, is the smallest spectrometer ever designed.
(Nanowires replace Newton’s famous glass prism, University of Cambridge)
What thinner snow cover will mean for sea ice is not certain.
(Snow cover on Arctic Sea ice has thinned 30 to 50 percent, NASA)
As one descended the slope the woods became thinner, and bushes, with occasional high trees, took the place of the forest.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
