Amplitude (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. the state or quality of being ample, especially as to breadth or width; largeness; greatness of extent.
  2. large or full measure; abundance; copiousness.
  3. mental range, scope, or capacity.
  4. the absolute value of the maximum displacement from a zero value during one period of an oscillation.
  5. the maximum deviation of an alternating current from its average value.
  6. the arc of the horizon measured from the east or west point to the point where a vertical circle through a heavenly body would intersect the horizon.
  7. argument (def. 8b).
noun
  1. greatness of extent; magnitude
  2. abundance or copiousness
  3. breadth or scope, as of the mind
  4. the angular distance along the horizon measured from true east or west to the point of intersection of the vertical circle passing through a celestial body
  5. (of a complex number) the angle that the vector representing the complex number makes with the positive real axis. If the point (x, y) has polar coordinates (r, θ), the amplitude of x + i y is θ, that is, arctan y/x
  6. the maximum variation from the zero or mean value of a periodically varying quantity
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