amplitude

See also: Amplitude

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French amplitude, from Latin amplitūdō, from amplus (“large”). By surface analysis, ample +‎ -itude.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæm.plɪ.tud/

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Noun

amplitude (countable and uncountable, plural amplitudes)

1. The measure of something's size, especially in terms of width or breadth; largeness, magnitude.
   • 1655, Thomas Fuller, edited by James Nichols, The Church History of Britain, […], new edition, volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [James Nichols] for Thomas Tegg and Son, […], published 1837, →OCLC:

     The cathedral of Lincoln […] is a magnificent structure, proportionable to the amplitude of the diocese.

     The spelling has been modernized.

   • 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, page 2:

     amplitude of mind

   • 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volumes (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:

     amplitude of comprehension

   • 1911, G. K. Chesterton, The Innocence of Father Brown:

     As the two topped the ridge there burst on them the strong scarlet light of a red-curtained English inn. It stood sideways in the road, as if standing aside in the amplitude of hospitality.

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.
4. (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.
5. (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.
6. (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

• Basque: anplitude
• Bulgarian: амплитуда (amplituda)
• Catalan: amplitud (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 幅度 (zh) (fúdù)

• Danish: amplitude c, magnitude c
• Dutch: omvang (nl) m
• Esperanto: amplekso (eo)
• Finnish: laajuus (fi)
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} fairsinge f, ^{(please verify)} leithead m, ^{(please verify)} scóipiúlacht f, ^{(please verify)} téagar m
• Japanese: 広さ (ひろさ)
• Latin: amplitūdō f
• Norwegian: amplitude m
• Portuguese: amplitude (pt) f, magnitude (pt) f
• Romanian: amplitudine (ro) f
• Russian: полнота́ (ru) f (polnotá), широта́ (ru) f (širotá)
• Serbo-Croatian: amplituda (sh) f
• Spanish: amplitud (es) f
• Swedish: amplitud (sv) c, magnitud (sv) c
• Tagalog: hagkis
• Ukrainian: ампліту́да (uk) f (amplitúda)
• Vietnamese: biên độ (vi)

maths: maximum absolute value

• Armenian: ամպլիտուդ (hy) (amplitud), լայնույթ (hy) (laynuytʿ)
• Bulgarian: амплитуда (amplituda)
• Catalan: amplitud (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 振幅 (zh) (zhènfú)

• Czech: amplituda (cs) f
• Danish: amplitude c, lokalt maksimum n
• Esperanto: amplitudo (eo)
• Finnish: amplitudi (fi), laajuus (fi), ääriväli
• French: amplitude (fr) f
• German: Amplitude (de) f
• Irish: aimplitiúid f
• Italian: ampiezza (it) f
• Japanese: 振幅 (ja) (しんぷく)
• Khmer: អំព្លីទីត (ʼɑmpliitiit)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: amplitude m

  Nynorsk: amplitude m

• Portuguese: amplitude (pt)
• Romanian: amplitudine (ro) f, amplitudini f pl
• Russian: амплиту́да (ru) f (amplitúda)
• Serbo-Croatian: amplituda (sh) f
• Slovene: amplituda (sl) f
• Spanish: amplitud (es) f
• Swedish: amplitud (sv) c
• Tagalog: hagkis
• Thai: please add this translation if you can

physics: maximum absolute value

• Armenian: ամպլիտուդ (hy) (amplitud), լայնույթ (hy) (laynuytʿ)
• Bulgarian: амплитуда (amplituda)
• Catalan: amplitud (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 振幅 (zh) (zhènfú)

• Danish: amplitude c
• Esperanto: amplitudo (eo)
• Finnish: amplitudi (fi), laajuus (fi), ääriväli
• French: amplitude (fr) f
• German: Amplitude (de) f
• Greek: πλάτος (el) n (plátos)
• Irish: aimplitiúid f
• Italian: ampiezza (it) f
• Japanese: 振幅 (ja) (しんふく)
• Malay: amplitud
• Malayalam: ആയതി (ml) (āyati)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: amplitude m

  Nynorsk: amplitude m

• Polish: amplituda (pl) f
• Portuguese: amplitude (pt) f
• Russian: амплиту́да (ru) f (amplitúda)
• Serbo-Croatian: amplituda (sh) f
• Slovene: amplituda (sl) f
• Spanish: amplitud (es) f
• Swedish: amplitud (sv) c
• Tagalog: hagkis

Further reading

• “amplitude”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “amplitude”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French amplitude, from Latin amplitūdō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑm.pliˈty.də/

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• Hyphenation: am‧pli‧tu‧de

Noun

amplitude f (plural amplitudes, diminutive amplitudetje n)

1. (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)

1. (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)

1. (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)

1. (mathematics, physics) amplitude

References

• “amplitude” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin amplitūdō.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.pliˈtu.d͡ʒi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.pliˈtu.d͡ʒi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.pliˈtu.de/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.pliˈtu.dɨ/ [ɐ̃.pliˈtu.ðɨ]

Noun

amplitude f (plural amplitudes)

1. amplitude; extent

Related terms

• amplo