The schedule is largely determined by the operating pressure of the system, with higher pressures commanding greater thickness.

The great thickness of the lithosphere requires that this bending be gentle.

The greater thickness would protect the wall from enemy mining.

They are thought to be relatively thin, as any thickness greater than about 500 km will lead to instability.

Other efficient qualities included a greater thickness of glass and less need for repair.

Wishing to take advantage of the greater thickness of the trunk, he sank down to the ground.

The Australian Alps are of no great thickness, and the base is not more than eight miles wide.

A great thickness of red sandstone, brought in by rivers, buried the old hills.

The greater thickness was over the magazines and machinery.

This was due, of course, to the greater thickness of one side.