Amplitude Definition

ămplĭ-to͝od, -tyo͝od
amplitudes
noun
amplitudes
Greatness of size; magnitude.
American Heritage
The quality of being ample or the amount or degree to which a thing extends.
Webster's New World
Fullness; copiousness.
American Heritage
An amount that is more than enough; abundance; fullness.
Webster's New World
Breadth or range, as of intelligence.
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Other Word Forms of Amplitude

Noun

Singular:
amplitude
Plural:
amplitudes

Origin of Amplitude

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

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin amplitūdō from amplus large

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Amplitude Sentence Examples

  • In both cases the amplitude of the oscillations decreases more or less rapidly.

  • Thus Mach found an amplitude 0 2 cm.

  • The 12-hour term is much less variable, especially as regards its phase angle; its amplitude shows distinct maxima near the equinoxes.

  • The maximum velocity of a particle in the wave-train is the amplitude of dy/dt.

  • Each section then vibrates, and its amplitude goes through all its values in time given by 21rUT/A =2r, or T =A/U, and the frequency is U/A.

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Words Starting With

AAMAMP

Words Ending With

EDEUDE

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Words Starting With A and Ending With E

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With A9 Letter Words Ending With E