amplitude
Etymology
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Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French amplitude, from Latin amplitūdō, from amplus ("large").
Pronunciation- (America) IPA: /ˈæm.plɪ.tud/
amplitude
- The measure of something's size, especially in terms of width or breadth; largeness, magnitude.
- 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC ↗:
- The cathedral of Lincoln […] is a magnificent structure, proportionable to the amplitude of the diocese.
- 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.
- French: amplitude
- German: Amplitude
- Italian: ampiezza
- Portuguese: amplitude
- Russian: амплиту́да
- Spanish: amplitud
- French: amplitude
- German: Amplitude
- Italian: ampiezza
- Portuguese: amplitude
- Russian: амплиту́да
- Spanish: amplitud
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