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| am·pli·tude [ ámplə td ] (plural am·pli·tudes) |
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1. largeness: largeness in size, volume, or extent
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2. breadth: breadth of range
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3. abundance: an amount that is more than required
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4. physics distance from mean point: the farthest distance that a vibrating or oscillating system such as a pendulum travels from a mean or zero point
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5. electronics maximum value of signal: the maximum value of an alternating signal
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6. mathematics angle of vector representing complex number: the angle between a vector representing a complex number and the positive real axis
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7. sports height reached by snowboarder: in snowboarding, the degree of height a rider can attain above the lip of a pipe
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| [Mid-16th century. Via French< Latin amplitudo "size, greatness, grandeur" < amplus "large"] |
