amplitude

See also Amplitude

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Middle French amplitude, from Latin amplitudo, from amplus (“large”); see ample and -tude.

Pronunciation

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Noun

amplitude (plural amplitudes)

1. The measure of something's size, especially in terms of width or breadth; largeness, magnitude.
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.

Related terms

• ample
• amplifiable
• amplification
• amplifier
• amplificatory
• amplify

Translations

magnitude

Bulgarian: амплитуда (bg) Catalan: amplitud (ca) f. Croatian: amplituda (hr) f. Dutch: omvang (nl) m. Esperanto: amplekso (eo)

Finnish: laajuus (fi) Norwegian: amplitude (no) m. Russian: полнота (ru) (polnotá) f., широта (ru) (širotá) f. Spanish: amplitud (es) f. Swedish: amplitud (sv) c., magnitud (sv) c.

math: maximum absolute value

Bulgarian: амплитуда (bg) Catalan: amplitud (ca) f. Croatian: amplituda (hr) f. Czech: amplituda (cs) f. Finnish: amplitudi (fi)

French: amplitude (fr) f. German: Amplitude (de) f. Norwegian: amplitude (no) m. Russian: амплитуда (ru) (amplitúda) f. Swedish: amplitud (sv) c.

physics: maximum absolute value

Bulgarian: амплитуда (bg) Catalan: amplitud (ca) f. Croatian: amplituda (hr) f. Finnish: amplitudi (fi) French: amplitude (fr) f. German: Amplitude (de) f.

Greek: πλάτος (el) n. sg. Norwegian: amplitude (no) m. Russian: амплитуда (ru) (amplitúda) f. Spanish: amplitud (es) f. Swedish: amplitud (sv) c.

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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Dutch

Noun

amplitude c. (plural amplitudes, diminutive amplitudetje)

1. amplitude

Derived terms

• amplitudemodulatie

See also

• frequentie
• golf

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French

Wikipedia ^fr

Pronunciation

• Audio (France, Paris)

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Noun

amplitude f. (plural amplitudes)

1. amplitude

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Norwegian

Noun

amplitude m.

1. amplitude

Inflection

    Inflection of amplitude

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål m	amplitude	amplituden	amplituder	amplitudene
Nynorsk m	amplitude	amplituden	amplitudar	amplitudane

References

• “amplitude” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.