Consisting of or characterized by individual constituents or parts placed at relatively large intervals; not thick, dense, or bushy. Opposed to thick…
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释义 | the world > matter > constitution of matter > lack of density > [adjective] (74) thin849 Consisting of or characterized by individual constituents or parts placed at relatively large intervals; not thick, dense, or bushy. Opposed to thick… subtilea1393 Having a thin consistency; rarefied; pervasive; = subtle, adj. 11. Cf. subtile matter n. at compounds 2. airya1398 Composed of air. Hence: having the consistency or appearance of air; airlike, immaterial. subtlea1398 Esp. of a gas or liquid: thin (in consistency); not dense; not viscous; clear. Also: penetrating or pervasive by reason of lack of density. See also… rarea1400 Originally: (of an organ or tissue, soil, or other substance) having the constituent material or particles loose or not closely packed together; not… shirec1400 Thin; tenuous, not dense; sparse, scanty. Of beer: Weak, ‘small’. finea1425 Esp. of air or a liquid: having low density; rarefied, thin. solutec1440 Of loose open texture or composition. Obsolete. intenuate1471 Thinned, thin. slender1528 Of a thin consistency. Obsolete. rare. ethereal1590 Of the nature of the ether of ancient cosmological speculation (cf. ether, n. 1); consisting of or resembling such ether; extremely light in… tenuous1597 Thin in physical consistency; sparse; rare, rarified, subtile; unsubstantial. spare1602 Lacking body or substance; flimsy, thin. unsolid1611 Not materially solid. unsolute1612 Probably a typographical error for vnsolide, variant of unsolid, adj. (although not corrected in later editions of the same work). tenuious1634 = tenuous, adj. 2. etherical1656 = ethereal, adj. (in various senses). airlike1821 Resembling or characteristic of air. wire-drawn1876 Lacking in intensity; weak, thin. Obsolete. rare. Subcategories:— specifically of liquids (3) — very (2) — of small specific gravity (1) — rarefied (17) — loose texture (32) |
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