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.
   • 1655, Thomas Fuller, James Nichols, editor, The Church History of Britain, […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), new edition, London: […] [James Nichols] for Thomas Tegg and Son, […], published 1837, OCLC 913056315:

     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. M[acock] for John Starkey […], OCLC 228732398, 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 1069526323:

     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 Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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.

Learned borrowing from Latin amplitūdō.

amplitude f (plural amplitudes)

1. amplitude; extent

• amplo