The idea of thickness refers to the thickness of something. The term can be linked to the width or thickness of a body. For example: “The thickness of the new phone presented by the Finnish company barely exceeds eight millimeters” , “A blanket of snow almost half a meter thick covers the central streets of the city at the moment” , “With the right makeup it is possible to increase the thickness of the eyelashes .
Thickness is an important characteristic in many objects. In the field of music , to cite one case, differences in thickness are key in strings , mouthpieces , cymbals and plectrums because they allow different sounds to be generated.
Screws , nuts , and washers , on the other hand, come in multiple thicknesses. Using one or another piece according to its thickness and other properties (such as length) depends on the specific needs we have in each case.
The thickness of the food , meanwhile, usually determines the cooking time. A one-centimeter-thick steak requires less cooking time than a two-centimeter-thick steak: if both steaks remain in the oven or on the grill for the same amount of time, the thinner one will most likely end up burnt or the thinner one will end up burnt. greater thickness remains raw.
Drawing is another area in which the concept of thickness plays a very important role. In this case, it comes into play when choosing pencils, markers, crayons and brushes, among other materials, without leaving aside the canvases, for which this property also alters the results. The thickness of the tip of a pencil, for example, is decisive for the style of drawings we can make with it: if we seek to hide the edges as much as possible, then one with a very thin tip will work, and vice versa.
The edges in the drawing are one of the easiest aspects for the public to notice: at one end we have the styles that accentuate them, that use them very thick and sharp, and at the other those that directly replace them with realistic shading. If we think of a character with thick outlines like Pocahontas , from the film published by Disney in 1995, and compare it with the painting The Mona Lisa , by Leonardo da Vinci , we have an exponent of each case.
Regarding the thickness of the canvas or paper, always in the field of painting and drawing, it is not a property that necessarily determines its degree of absorption, since more variables are necessary to resolve its relationship with the ink, but Broadly speaking, we can say that the thickest ones are usually the most absorbent. For this reason, for a drawing made in pencil it is not necessary to use a particularly thick material, and the opposite occurs with paint.
Returning to the field of music, the thickness of the components of an instrument (including the parts of the human body that are involved in the production, projection and amplification of the voice) is not the only one of interest in the context of a performance. The walls, ceilings and floor of a theater must meet certain conditions so that the sound does not deteriorate before reaching the audience's ears; In addition to the materials used for its construction, thickness is a key point, especially to isolate the room from external noises.
In engineering and architecture , finally, the thickness of the materials is very important. This measurement can determine if a structure is resistant or if, on the contrary, it is weak and, therefore, dangerous.