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spiss-, -spiss +
(Latin spissus: thick, compact, dense; thickness, compactness, density)
calibra-, calibr-, caliber-
(French: degree of merit or importance; diameter of a bullet, cannon-ball, etc.; instrument for measuring the thickness, width, or distance through the center of a tube)
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electrical thickness
1. The vertical distance between the surface of an ocean current and an isokinetic point (resistance to a movement at a constant speed) at which the current's speed is about 10% of its speed at the surface.
2. The vertical measure between the surface of an ocean current and an isokinetic point having a value of about one-tenth the surface speed.
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