AMPLITUDE
\ˈamplɪtjˌuːd], \ˈamplɪtjˌuːd], \ˈa_m_p_l_ɪ_t_j_ˌuː_d]\
Definitions of AMPLITUDE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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State of being ample; extent of surface or space; largeness of dimensions; size.
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Largeness, in a figurative sense; breadth; abundance; fullness.
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Of extent of capacity or intellectual powers.
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Of extent of means or resources.
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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.
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The horizontal line which measures the distance to which a projectile is thrown; the range.
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The extent of a movement measured from the starting point or position of equilibrium; - applied especially to vibratory movements.
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An angle upon which the value of some function depends; - a term used more especially in connection with elliptic functions.
By Oddity Software
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State of being ample; extent of surface or space; largeness of dimensions; size.
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Largeness, in a figurative sense; breadth; abundance; fullness.
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Of extent of capacity or intellectual powers.
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Of extent of means or resources.
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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.
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The horizontal line which measures the distance to which a projectile is thrown; the range.
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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.
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The extent of a movement measured from the starting point or position of equilibrium; - applied especially to vibratory movements.
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An angle upon which the value of some function depends; - a term used more especially in connection with elliptic functions.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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In physics, the distance between the extreme limits of an oscillation or vibration. Thus, the a. of vibration of a pendulum is the chord of the arc through which it oscillates; the a. of vibration of a wave is the distance from the crest to the trough of the wave.
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Of the pulse, its fullness, i. e., the extent of dilatation of the artery at each impulse of the heart. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. State of being ample; largeness of dimensions; - extent of capacity or intellectual powers; - extent of means or resources; - an arc of the horizon intercepted between the true east or west point and the centre of the sun or a star at its rising or setting; - the horizontal line subtending the path of a body thrown; - the arc of the horizon between the sun or a star, at its rising or setting, and the east or west point of the horizon, by the compass.
By Thomas Sheridan
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