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Meaning of thin space

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

thin

Pronunciation:/ˈθɪn/

noun

Definitions

  1. A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole.

  2. Any food produced or served in thin slices.

    Example: chocolate mint thins

verb

Definitions

  1. To make thin or thinner.

  2. To become thin or thinner.

    Example: The crowds thinned after the procession had passed: there was nothing more to see.

  3. To dilute.

  4. To remove some plants or parts of plants in order to improve the growth of what remains.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.

    Example: thin plate of metal;  thin paper;  thin board;  thin covering

  2. Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.

    Example: thin wire;  thin string

  3. Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.

    Example: thin person

  4. Of low viscosity or low specific gravity.

    Example: Water is thinner than honey.

adverb

Definitions

  1. Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state.

    Example: seed sown thin