amplitude

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. Greatness of size; magnitude.
2. n. Fullness; copiousness.
3. n. Breadth or range, as of intelligence.
4. n. Astronomy The angular distance along the horizon from true east or west to the intersection of the vertical circle of a celestial body with the horizon.
5. n. Physics The maximum absolute value of a periodically varying quantity.
6. n. Mathematics The maximum absolute value of a periodic curve measured along its vertical axis.
7. n. Mathematics The angle made with the positive horizontal axis by the vector representation of a complex number.
8. n. Electronics The maximum absolute value reached by a voltage or current waveform.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. The state or quality of being ample in size; extension in space, especially breadth or width; largeness; extent.
2. n. The state of being ample in amount; breadth in a figurative sense; fullness; abundance; copiousness.
3. n. Largeness of mind; extent of mental capacity or of intellectual power; breadth of thought.
4. n. In mathematics: In algebra, a positive real number multiplied by a root of unity. The positive real number is said to be the amplitude of the product. In elliptic integrals, the limit of integration when the integral is expressed in the usual trigonometric form.
5. n. In astronomy, the arc of the horizon intercepted between the east or west point and the center of the sun or of a star at its rising or setting. At the rising of a star its 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. The amplitude of a fixed star remains nearly the same all the year round. The sun at the solstices is at its maximum amplitude, and at the equinoxes it has no amplitude.
6. n. the angle whose tangent is the hyperbolic sine of u.
7. n. In function theory, if x = ξ + in, let the polar coördinates of (ξ, η) be ρ, θ, then any one of the angles θ or θ + 2nπ, where n is any positive or negative integer, may be called the amplitude of x.
8. n. In meteorology, the range or difference between the maximum and minimum values of the temperature, pressure, or other meteorological element within a definite time, such as a day, a month, or a year.

Wiktionary

1. n. The measure of something's size, especially in terms of width or breadth; largeness, magnitude.
2. n. mathematics The maximum absolute value of the vertical component of a curve or function, especially one that is periodic.
3. n. physics The maximum absolute value of some quantity that varies.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. State of being ample; extent of surface or space; largeness of dimensions; size.
2. n. Largeness, in a figurative sense; breadth; abundance; fullness.
3. n. Of extent of capacity or intellectual powers.
4. n. Of extent of means or resources.
5. n. 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.
6. n. 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.
7. n. (Gun.) The horizontal line which measures the distance to which a projectile is thrown; the range.
8. n. (Physics) The extent of a movement measured from the starting point or position of equilibrium; -- applied especially to vibratory movements.
9. n. (math.) An angle upon which the value of some function depends; -- a term used more especially in connection with elliptic functions.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. (physics) the maximum displacement of a periodic wave
2. n. the property of copious abundance
3. n. greatness of magnitude