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If by thickness you mean viscosity (think resistance to move, or stickiness, kinda like friction ... honey has high viscosity compared to water, for instance), then I think you are looking for blood is 4 times as thick as water. This is only true at 20 degrees Celsius, however, because viscoisty depends on temprature.

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Originally posted by robot180
If you don't mean literally, than sorry, I am not good at sayings.
"Blood is thicker than water" means that one's alligiance to one's family (related by blood) should be more than one's alligiances based on worldy wants or needs (water, for instace).

Stephen

PS. Shouldn't it be "Blood is thicker than water by this amount" and then "What is X?"

[EDIT] PPS.
And according to this site, blood viscosity can also depend on the impurities in the water in blood, and some blood can be "thick" while other blood can be "thin." I'd like to change my answer to "it depends" (this is an inside joke ... my computer science professor said this was the "MIT answer," and used it quite frequently when students would ask questions)
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