thick sheet

  • 1sheet|pile — «SHEET PYL», noun. a piling formed of thick planks driven between the main piles of a cofferdam or other hydraulic work to retain or to exclude water: »The cofferdams are basically a series of interlocking cells filled with sand and walled by… …

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  • 2sheet — noun 1 large piece of fabric used on a bed ADJECTIVE ▪ clean, crisp, fresh ▪ a pile of clean sheets ▪ crumpled, rumpled (esp. AmE) ▪ …

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  • 3Sheet resistance — is a measure of resistance of thin films that are namely uniform in thickness. It is commonly used to characterize materials made by semiconductor doping, metal deposition, resistive paste printing, and glass coating. Examples of these processes… …

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  • 4sheet — 01. The teacher handed out a bunch of [sheets] of lined paper for their writing test. 02. He always cheats on exams; he writes the answers on a [sheet] of paper that he hides in his shirt. 03. A 1 month old human fetus is no heavier than an… …

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  • 5thick — adj. 1 of solid things/growing things VERBS ▪ be, feel, look, seem ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc …

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  • 6sheet pile — noun a pile in a row of piles driven side by side to retain earth or prevent seepage • Syn: ↑sheath pile, ↑sheet piling • Hypernyms: ↑pile, ↑spile, ↑piling, ↑stilt * * * noun : an …

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  • 7thick·ness — /ˈθıknəs/ noun 1 a : the distance between the top and bottom or front and back surfaces of something : a measurement of how thick something is [noncount] The plank measures two inches in thickness. [count] the length, circumference, and thickness …

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  • 8heavy sheet metal — Thick sheet metal for severe use beyond the average. Opposite of light sheet metal …

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  • 9ice sheet — noun : a glacial ice cover : ice cap the ice sheets on some Greenland promontories especially : one (as a continental glacier) spreading outward over a large land area and concealing all or most surface features the great ice sheets covering much …

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  • 10ice sheet — /ˈaɪs ʃit/ (say uys sheet) noun 1. a broad, thick sheet of ice covering an extensive area for a long period of time. 2. a mass of glacier ice that covers more than 50 000 square kilometres. Also, icesheet. The only current ice sheets (def. 2) are …