English
breadth
Etymology

From Middle English bredthe, alteration (due to nouns ending in -th: length, strength, wrength, etc.

Pronunciation
  • IPA: /bɹɛdθ/, /bɹɛtθ/, /bɹɛθ/
Noun

breadth

  1. The extent or measure of how broad or wide something is; width.
    The breadth of the corridor is 4.5 metres.
  2. A piece of fabric of standard width.
  3. Scope or range, especially of knowledge or skill.
    expand one’s breadth of marketing
  4. (arts) A style in painting in which details are strictly subordinated to the harmony of the whole composition.
  5. (graph theory) The length of the longest path between two vertices in a graph.
Synonyms
  • (extent or measure of how broad something is) width
  • (piece of fabric of standard width)
  • (scope or range) extent, range, scope, size
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