breadth

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brɛdθ/, /brɛtθ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛdθ, -ɛtθ

Etymology

From Middle English breedthe, bredethe, alteration (due to nouns ending in -th: length, strength, wrength, etc.) of Middle English brede ("breadth"; see bread), equivalent to broad +‎ -th. Cognate with Scots bredth ‎(“breadth”), Dutch breedte ‎(“breadth”), German Breite ‎(“breadth”), Danish bredde ‎(“breadth”).

Noun

breadth ‎(plural breadths)

1. The extent or measure of how broad or wide something is.
2. A piece of fabric of standard width.
3. Scope or range, especially of knowledge or skill.
4. (mathematics) (graph theory) the length of the longest path between two vertices on a graph

Synonyms

• (extent or measure of how broad something is): width
• (piece of fabric of standard width):
• (scope or range): extent, range, scope, size

Derived terms

acre breadth bizygomatic breadth breadth of accommodation breadthen breadth-first search breadth-first traversal breadth-height index breadth index breadth indicator breadthless

breadth-line breadth of effect breadth of market breadth-of-market theory breadth of mind breadth of the market breadth of tone breadth-riders breadthways breadthwise

curve of constant breadth finger-breadth, fingerbreadth finger's breadth foot-breadth, footbreadth hairbreadth hair's breadth, hairsbreadth handbreadth, hand's breadth, handsbreadth index of breadth straw-breadth, straw's breadth

Translations

width — see width

piece of fabric of standard width

• Bulgarian: ширина (bg) f ‎(širiná)

• Russian: ширина́ (ru) f ‎(širiná), поло́тнище (ru) n ‎(polótnišče)

scope, range

• Bulgarian: широта (bg) f ‎(širotá), размах (bg) m ‎(razmáh), обхват (bg) m ‎(obhvát)
• Russian: широта́ (ru) f ‎(širotá), разма́х (ru) m ‎(razmáx), обхва́т (ru) m ‎(obxvát), объём (ru) m ‎(obʺjóm)

• Scottish Gaelic: leud m, farsaingeachd f
• Swedish: bredd (sv) c