amplitude

See also: Amplitude

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæmplɪtud/

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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 (amplituda)
• Catalan: amplitud f
• Dutch: omvang (nl) m
• Esperanto: amplekso (eo)
• Finnish: laajuus (fi)

• Norwegian: amplitude m
• Russian: полнота (ru) f (polnotá), широта (ru) f (širotá)
• Serbo-Croatian: amplituda f
• Spanish: amplitud (es) f
• Swedish: amplitud (sv) c, magnitud (sv) c

math: maximum absolute value

• Bulgarian: амплитуда (amplituda)
• Catalan: amplitud f
• Czech: amplituda f
• Finnish: amplitudi (fi)
• French: amplitude (fr) f

• German: Amplitude (de) f
• Norwegian: amplitude m
• Russian: амплитуда (ru) f (amplitúda)
• Serbo-Croatian: amplituda f
• Swedish: amplitud (sv) c

physics: maximum absolute value

• Bulgarian: амплитуда (amplituda)
• Catalan: amplitud f
• Finnish: amplitudi (fi)
• French: amplitude (fr) f
• German: Amplitude (de) f
• Greek: πλάτος (el) n (plátos)

• Norwegian: amplitude m
• Russian: амплитуда (ru) f (amplitúda)
• Serbo-Croatian: amplituda 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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• Hyphenation: am‧pli‧tu‧de

Noun

amplitude f (plural amplitudes, diminutive amplitudetje n)

1. amplitude

Derived terms

• amplitudemodulatie

See also

• frequentie
• golf

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French

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Pronunciation

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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.