amplitude
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See also Amplitude
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< Latin amplitudo < amplus (“‘large’”); see ample and -tude.
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amplitude (plural amplitudes)
- The measure of something's size, especially in terms of width or breadth; largeness, magnitude.
- (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.
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magnitude
math: maximum absolute value
physics: maximum absolute value
[edit] External links
- amplitude in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- amplitude in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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amplitude f. (plural amplitudes)
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amplitude m. (definite singular amplituden; indefinite plural amplituder; definite plural amplitudene)
- amplitude
[edit] References
- “amplitude” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.