amplitude

See also: Amplitude

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French amplitude, from Latin amplitūdō, from amplus (“large”); synchronically, 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, Church-History of Britain

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

   • 1671, John Milton, “Book the Second”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J. M[acock] for John Starkey […], OCLC 228732398:

     amplitude of mind

   • 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, OCLC 1069526323:

     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.

Derived terms

• amplitudal
• amplitudeologist
• amplitudeology

 

Related terms

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

 

Translations

magnitude

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

  Mandarin: 幅度 (zh)

• Danish: amplitude c, magnitude c
• Dutch: omvang (nl) m
• Esperanto: amplekso (eo)
• Finnish: laajuus (fi)
• Interlingue: amplore

• 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

maths: maximum absolute value

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

  Mandarin: 振幅 (zh)

• 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
• Japanese: 振幅 (ja) (しんぷく)

• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• 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 f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 振幅 (zh)

• 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

• Japanese: 振幅 (ja) (しんふく)
• Malay: amplitud
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: amplitude m

  Nynorsk: amplitude m

• 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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• amplitude in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911.

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French amplitude, from Latin amplitūdō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑm.pliˈty.də/

• Audio

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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

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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 (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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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.

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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.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin amplitūdō.

Noun

amplitude f (plural amplitudes)

1. amplitude; extent

Related terms

• amplo