breadth
English
Etymology
From Middle English breedthe, bredethe, alteration (due to nouns ending in -th: length, strength, wrength, etc.) of Middle English brede ("breadth"; see bread). Equivalent to broad + -th. Cognate with Scots bredth (“breadth”), Saterland Frisian Bratte (“breadth”), West Frisian breedte (“breadth”), Dutch breedte (“breadth”), German Low German Breddte, Breddt (“breadth”), German Breite (“breadth”), Danish bredde (“breadth”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɹɛdθ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛdθ
Noun
breadth (countable and uncountable, plural breadths)
- The extent or measure of how broad or wide something is.
- A piece of fabric of standard width.
- Scope or range, especially of knowledge or skill.
- (art) A style in painting in which details are strictly subordinated to the harmony of the whole composition.
- (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
Derived terms
- acre breadth
- bizygomatic breadth
- breadth of accommodation
- breadthen
- breadth-first search
- breadth-first traversal
- breadth-height index
- breadth index
- breadth indicator
- breadthless
- breadth-line
- breadth of effect
- breadth of market
- breadth-of-market theory
- breadth of mind
- breadth of the market
- breadth of tone
- breadth-riders
- breadthways
- breadthwise
- curve of constant breadth
- finger-breadth, fingerbreadth
- finger's breadth
- foot-breadth, footbreadth
- hairbreadth
- hair's breadth, hairsbreadth
- handbreadth, hand's breadth, handsbreadth
- index of breadth
- straw-breadth, straw's breadth
Translations
width — see width
piece of fabric of standard width
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scope, range
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