amplitude

Borrowed from Middle French amplitude, from Latin amplitūdō, from amplus (“large”); synchronically, ample +‎ -itude.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæm.plɪ.tud/

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amplitude (countable and uncountable, plural amplitudes)

1. The measure of something's size, especially in terms of width or breadth; largeness, magnitude.
   • Fuller

     The cathedral of Lincoln […] is a magnificent structure, proportionable to the amplitude of the diocese.

   • Milton

     amplitude of mind

   • Macaulay

     amplitude of comprehension

2. (mathematics) The maximum absolute value of the vertical component of a curve or function, especially one that is periodic.
3. (physics) The maximum absolute value of some quantity that varies.
4. (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.
5. (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.
6. (firearms) The horizontal line which measures the distance to which a projectile is thrown; the range.

• amplitude in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• amplitude in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Borrowed from French amplitude, from Latin amplitūdō.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑm.pliˈty.də/

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• Hyphenation: am‧pli‧tu‧de

amplitude f (plural amplitudes, diminutive amplitudetje n)

1. (mathematics, physics) amplitude

• amplitudemodulatie

• frequentie
• golf

From Latin amplitūdō.

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.pli.tyd/

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amplitude f (plural amplitudes)

1. (mathematics, physics) amplitude

• “amplitude” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Latin amplitūdō.

amplitude m (definite singular amplituden, indefinite plural amplituder, definite plural amplitudene)

1. (mathematics, physics) amplitude

• “amplitude” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin amplitūdō.

amplitude m (definite singular amplituden, indefinite plural amplitudar, definite plural amplitudane)

1. (mathematics, physics) amplitude

• “amplitude” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Latin amplitūdō.

amplitude f (plural amplitudes)

1. amplitude; extent

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