breadth
Pronunciation: /bɹɛdθ/
The English word “breadth” has 5 meanings listed here.
noun
- The extent or measure of how broad or wide something is; width.
- A piece of fabric of standard width.
- Scope or range, especially of knowledge or skill.
- A style in painting in which details are strictly subordinated to the harmony of the whole composition.
- The length of the longest path between two vertices in a graph.
Etymology
From Middle English bredthe, alteration (due to nouns ending in -th: length, strength, wrength, etc.) of brede ("breadth"; see bread). Equivalent to broad + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Scots bredth (“breadth”), Saterland Frisian Bratte (“breadth”), West Frisian breedte (“breadth”), Dutch breedte (“breadth”), German Low German Breddte, Breddt (“breadth”), German Breite (“breadth”),…
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