stratified sampling representative sampling proportional sampling | the population is divided into subpopulations (strata) and random samples are taken of each stratum |
thin-shelled mussel | mussel with thin fragile shells having only rudimentary hinge teeth |
stratified sample representative sample proportional sample | the population is divided into strata and a random sample is taken from each stratum |
stratified language | a language that cannot be used as its own metalanguage |
thin person skin and bones scrag | a person who is unusually thin and scrawny |
bilberry thin-leaved bilberry mountain blue berry Viccinium membranaceum | erect blueberry of western United States having solitary flowers and somewhat sour berries |
white stringybark thin-leaved stringybark Eucalyptusd eugenioides | stringybark having white wood |
thin air | nowhere to be found in a giant void, it vanished into thin air |
safety glass laminated glass shatterproof glass | glass made with plates of plastic or resin or other material between two sheets of glass to prevent shattering |
reduce melt off lose weight slim slenderize thin slim down | take off weight |
dilute thin thin out reduce cut | lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture, cut bourbon |
thin out | make sparse, thin out the young plants |
thin out | become sparser, Towards the end of town, the houses thinned out |
thin | make thin or thinner, Thin the solution |
thin | lose thickness, become thin or thinner |
wear wear off wear out wear down wear thin | deteriorate through use or stress, The constant friction wore out the cloth |
bedded | having a bed or beds as specified |
double-bedded | having a double bed, a double-bedded room |
single-bedded | having single beds |
twin-bedded | having twin beds |
stratified bedded | deposited or arranged in horizontal layers, stratified rock |
layered superimposed | with one layer on top of another, superimposed rocks |
sparse thin | not dense, a thin beard, trees were sparse |
slim-bodied thin-bodied slender-bodied | having a slim body |
thin lean | lacking excess flesh, you can't be too rich or too thin, Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look-Shakespeare |
class-conscious stratified | (used of society) socially hierarchical, American society is becoming increasingly stratified |
graded ranked stratified | arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks, stratified areas of the distribution |
thin | (of sound) lacking resonance or volume, a thin feeble cry |
huffy thin-skinned feisty touchy | quick to take offense |
flimsy fragile slight tenuous thin | lacking substance or significance, slight evidence, a tenuous argument, a thin plot, a fragile claim to fame |
thin | lacking spirit or sincere effort, a thin smile |
thin | of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section, thin wire, a thin chiffon blouse, a thin book, a thin layer of paint |
paper thin | thin as paper, her blouse was paper thin |
wafer-thin | very thin, wafer-thin sheets of metal |
thin | relatively thin in consistency or low in density, not viscous, air is thin at high altitudes, a thin soup, skimmed milk is much thinner than whole milk, thin oil |
slender thin | very narrow, a thin line across the page |
thin-shelled | of animals or plants that have a thin shell |
finely fine delicately exquisitely | in a delicate manner, finely shaped features, her fine drawn body |
finely | in an elegant manner, finely costumed actors |
out of thin air out of nothing from nowhere | without warning, your cousin arrived out of thin air |
finely | in tiny pieces, the surfaces were finely granular |
thinly thin | without viscosity, the blood was flowing thin |
wafer-thin | very thin, it was cut wafer-thin |