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amplitude
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See also: Amplitude
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French amplitude, from Latin amplitūdō, from amplus (“large”). By surface analysis, ample + -itude.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæm.plɪ.tud/
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
amplitude (countable and uncountable, plural amplitudes)
- The measure of the size of something, especially its width or breadth; largeness, magnitude.
- 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):
- The cathedral of Lincoln […] is a magnificent structure, proportionable to the amplitude of the diocese.
- 1671, John Milton, “The First Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 2:
- amplitude of mind
- 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
- amplitude of comprehension
- 1911, G. K. Chesterton, The Innocence of Father Brown:
- As the two topped the ridge there burst on them the strong scarlet light of a red-curtained English inn. It stood sideways in the road, as if standing aside in the amplitude of hospitality.
- (mathematics) The maximum absolute value of the vertical component of a curve or function, especially one that is periodic.
- (physics) The maximum absolute value of some quantity that varies.
- (astronomy) The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the center of the sun, or a star, at its rising or setting. At the rising, the amplitude is eastern or ortive: at the setting, it is western, occiduous, or occasive. It is also northern or southern, when north or south of the equator.
- (astronomy) The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the foot of the vertical circle passing through any star or object.
- (firearms) The horizontal line which measures the distance to which a projectile is thrown; the range.
- (gymnastics) The range of motion of the gymnast's body while performing a skill.
- (ecology) The range of environmental conditions in which an organism can survive.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
magnitude
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maths: maximum absolute value
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physics: maximum absolute value
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Further reading
- “amplitude”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “amplitude”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
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Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
amplitude f (plural amplitudes, diminutive amplitudetje n)
Derived terms
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French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
amplitude f (plural amplitudes)
Further reading
- “amplitude”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Noun
amplitude m (definite singular amplituden, indefinite plural amplituder, definite plural amplitudene)
References
- “amplitude” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Noun
amplitude m (definite singular amplituden, indefinite plural amplitudar, definite plural amplitudane)
References
- “amplitude” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin amplitūdō.
Pronunciation
Noun
amplitude f (plural amplitudes)
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