Breadth

  • 21breadth — [bredθ] noun 1) [C/U] the distance from one side of an object to the other Syn: width 5 metres in breadth[/ex] 2) [U] the wide range of different things or ideas that something includes The book demonstrates a remarkable breadth of… …

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  • 22breadth — /brɛdθ / (say bredth) noun 1. Mathematics the measure of the second principal dimension of a surface or solid, the first being length, and the third (in the case of a solid) thickness; width. 2. an extent or piece of something as measured by its… …

  • 23breadth — [16] Breadth was formed in the 16th century by adding the suffix th (as in length) to the already existing noun brede ‘breadth’. This was an ancient formation, directly derived in prehistoric Germanic times from *braid , the stem of broad. It… …

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  • 24breadth — n. 1 the distance or measurement from side to side of a thing; broadness. 2 a piece (of cloth etc.) of standard or full breadth. 3 extent, distance, room. 4 (usu. foll. by of) capacity to respect other opinions; freedom from prejudice or… …

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  • 25breadth — The percentage of assets or stocks advancing relative to those unchanged or declining. Also the number of independent forecasts available per year. A stock picker forecasting returns to 100 stocks every quarter exhibits a breadth of 400, assuming …

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  • 26breadth — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Measure from side to side Nouns breadth, width, broadness, scope, extent, latitude, amplitude, spaciousness, expanse, beam; diameter, bore, caliber, radius; thickness, bulk, corpulence (See size). See… …

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  • 27breadth n — A wide loaf had breadth …

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  • 28breadth — noun 1》 the distance or measurement from side to side of something.     ↘wide range: her breadth of experience. 2》 dated a piece of cloth of standard or full width. Derivatives breadthways (also breadthwise) adverb Origin C16: from obs. brede… …

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  • 29breadth — [[t]brɛdθ, brɛtθ, brɛθ[/t]] n. 1) wam the measure of the second largest dimension of a plane or solid figure; width 2) an extent or piece of something of definite or full width or as measured by its width: a breadth of cloth[/ex] 3) freedom from… …

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  • 30breadth — plotis statusas T sritis Standartizacija ir metrologija apibrėžtis Skersinis matmuo, platumas. atitikmenys: angl. breadth; width vok. Breite, f rus. ширина, f pranc. largeur, f …

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