Unlike on Tiger, the armour was angled outwards 12 from the waterline to increase its relative thickness in relation to flat-trajectory shells.

The slope increased the relative thickness of the belt to a plunging projectile.

In heat transfer problems, the Prandtl number controls the relative thickness of the momentum and thermal boundary layers.

Kidney morphology, often indexed as the relative medullary thickness, is associated with habitat aridity among species of mammals.

This prompted a minidebate about the relative thickness of budget bills (nearly 12 inches, when the papers are stacked) and resolutions (more like an inch.)

The relative thickness of fibres in cloth is measured in deniers.

Some brands use a standardized numbering system that uses 7 ranges of relative thickness of yarn.

The Colorado Plateau Province was uplifted largely as a single block, possibly due to its relative thickness.

This relative thickness may be why compressional forces from the orogeny were mostly transmitted through the province instead of deforming it.

The relative thickness and denser texture of steaks make them less fragile than most fillets, so they can be turned without breaking, using a single spatula.