amplitude
See also: Amplitude
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French amplitude, from Latin amplitūdō, from amplus (“large”); synchronically, ample + -itude.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæm.plɪ.tud/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun
amplitude (countable and uncountable, plural amplitudes)
- 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
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- (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.
Derived terms
- amplitudal
- amplitude modulation
- amplitudeologist
- amplitudeology
- amplitude spectroscopy
- probability amplitude
Related terms
- ample
- amplifiable
- amplification
- amplificatory
- amplifier
- amplify
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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- amplitude in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French amplitude, from Latin amplitūdō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɑm.pliˈty.də/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: am‧pli‧tu‧de
Noun
amplitude f (plural amplitudes, diminutive amplitudetje n)
- (mathematics, physics) amplitude
Derived terms
- amplitudemodulatie
See also
- frequentie
- golf
French
Etymology
From Latin amplitūdō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.pli.tyd/
Audio (France, Paris) (file)
Noun
amplitude f (plural amplitudes)
- (mathematics, physics) amplitude
Further reading
- “amplitude”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin amplitūdō.
Noun
amplitude m (definite singular amplituden, indefinite plural amplituder, definite plural amplitudene)
- (mathematics, physics) amplitude
References
- “amplitude” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin amplitūdō.
Noun
amplitude m (definite singular amplituden, indefinite plural amplitudar, definite plural amplitudane)
- (mathematics, physics) amplitude
References
- “amplitude” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin amplitūdō.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɐ̃.pliˈtu.d͡ʒi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ɐ̃.pliˈtu.de/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ̃.pliˈtu.d(ɨ)/ [ɐ̃.pliˈtu.ð(ɨ)]
Noun
amplitude f (plural amplitudes)
- amplitude; extent
Related terms
- amplo