amplitude

See also: Amplitude

§English

Wikipedia

§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.
   • Fuller

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

   • Milton

     amplitude of mind

   • Macaulay

     amplitude of comprehension

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.

§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
• Romanian: amplitudine (ro) f
• 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
• Romanian: amplitudine (ro) f, amplitudini f pl
• 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)

• Malay: amplitud
• 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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§Dutch

§Pronunciation

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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

Wikipedia ^fr

§Pronunciation

• Audio (France, Paris)

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§Noun

amplitude f (plural amplitudes)

1. amplitude

§External links

• “amplitude” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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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.

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§Portuguese

§Noun

amplitude f (plural amplitudes)

1. amplitude; extent

§Related terms

• amplo