Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Specifically, in forestry, the removal of a part of the trees in order to improve a stand without inviting natural reproduction.

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  • verb Present participle of thin.

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  • noun the act of diluting something

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Examples

  • The long-term thinning trend is evident from observations, as well as computer modeling of the Arctic climate.

    Arctic sea ice melting unusually fast 2010

  • Osteoporosis is characterized by the thinning of bone, which leaves it more vulnerable to fractures.

    Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008

  • Osteoporosis is characterized by the thinning of bone, which leaves it more vulnerable to fractures.

    Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008

  • Osteoporosis is characterized by the thinning of bone, which leaves it more vulnerable to fractures.

    Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008

  • Osteoporosis is characterized by the thinning of bone, which leaves it more vulnerable to fractures.

    Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008

  • We infer from our oxygen isotope measurements in planktonic foraminifera that the Larsen B ice shelf has been thinning throughout the Holocene, and we suggest that the recent prolonged period of warming in the Antarctic Peninsula region, in combination with the long-term thinning, has led to collapse of the ice shelf.

    Answers to the House Committee on Cross-Validation Statistics « Climate Audit 2005

  • They do “suggest” that “the recent prolonged period of warming”, along with the “long-term thinning”, is the cause of the collapse.

    Answers to the House Committee on Cross-Validation Statistics « Climate Audit 2005

  • They have until fall to study Bell's proposal for longer-term thinning and tending to improve timber quality.

    Kootenay Rockies - News 2009

  • They have until fall to study Bell's proposal for longer-term thinning and tending to improve timber quality.

    Kootenay Rockies - News 2009

  • This year my arugula harvest was all "thinning"--the patch was so thick I simply kept pulling out little plants and the others would move in and take over the space--so I'm not sure about snipping leaves and having them grow back.

    Garden Update #6 Kalyn Denny 2006

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