"bandwidth" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbændwɪdθ/, /ˈbændwɪtθ/ Audio: En-us-bandwidth.oga [US] Forms: bandwidths [plural]
Etymology: band + width Etymology templates: {{compound|en|band|width}} band + width Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} bandwidth (countable and uncountable, plural bandwidths)
  1. The width, usually measured in hertz, of a frequency band. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (width of a frequency band): 帶寬 (Chinese Mandarin), 带宽 (dàikuān) (Chinese Mandarin), 頻帶 (Chinese Mandarin), 频带 (píndài) (Chinese Mandarin), 頻寬 (Chinese Mandarin), 频宽 (pínkuān) (Chinese Mandarin), båndbredde [common-gender] (Danish), bandbreedte [feminine] (Dutch), bendlarĝo (Esperanto), ribalaius (Estonian), kaistanleveys (Finnish), bande passante [feminine] (French), Bandbreite [feminine] (German), εύρος ζώνης (évros zónis) (Greek), sávszélesség (Hungarian), bandbreidd [feminine] (Icelandic), bandvídd [feminine] (Icelandic), lebar pita (Indonesian), larghezza di banda [feminine] (Italian), 帯域幅 (taiikihaba) (alt: たいいきはば) (Japanese), 대역폭 (daeyeokpok) (alt: 帶域幅) (Korean), ширина на опсег (širina na opseg) [feminine] (Macedonian), lebar jalur (Malay), båndbredde [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), bandbreidd [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), przepustowość [feminine] (Polish), largura de banda (Portuguese), lărgime de bandă [feminine] (Romanian), ширина́ полосы́ (širiná polosý) [feminine] (Russian), ancho de banda [masculine] (Spanish), bandbredd [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-bandwidth-en-noun-lymUHYim Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 6 44 6 Disambiguation of 'width of a frequency band': 58 40 1 1
  2. (of a signal) The width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit): båndbredde [common-gender] (Danish), bendlarĝo (Esperanto), kaistanleveys (Finnish), bande passante [feminine] (French), Bandbreite [feminine] (German), εύρος ζώνης (évros zónis) (Greek), bandbreidd [feminine] (Icelandic), lebar pita (Indonesian), ширина на опсег (širina na opseg) [feminine] (Macedonian), båndbredde [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), bandbreidd [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), przepustowość [feminine] (Polish), largura de banda (Portuguese), ancho de banda [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-bandwidth-en-noun-anKm2M8b Disambiguation of 'width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit': 13 86 1 1
  3. (networking, informal) The rate of data flow in digital networks typically measured in bits per second; the bitrate. Tags: countable, informal, uncountable Categories (topical): Networking Translations (measure of data flow rate in digital networks): båndbredde [common-gender] (Danish), bandbreedte [feminine] (Dutch), kapacito (Esperanto), ülekandemaht (Estonian), siirtonopeus (Finnish), kaistanleveys (Finnish), kaista [informal] (Finnish), débit [masculine] (French), bande passante [feminine] (French), Bandbreite [feminine] (German), εύρος ζώνης (évros zónis) [neuter] (Greek), רוחב פס (rohav pas) [masculine] (Hebrew), bandbreidd [feminine] (Icelandic), pita lebar (Indonesian), 대역폭 (daeyeokpok) (alt: 帶域幅) (Korean), појасна ширина (pojasna širina) [feminine] (Macedonian), ширина на опсег (širina na opseg) [feminine] (Macedonian), lebar jalur (Malay), båndbredde [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), båndvidde [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), bandbreidd [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), przepustowość [feminine] (Polish), largura de banda [feminine] (Portuguese), пропускна́я спосо́бность (propusknája sposóbnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), ширина́ полосы́ (širiná polosý) [feminine] (Russian), ancho de banda [masculine] (Spanish), bandbredd [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-bandwidth-en-noun-r8dLPR4r Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 6 44 6 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, networking, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'measure of data flow rate in digital networks': 9 1 87 3
  4. (informal) The capacity, energy or time required. Tags: countable, informal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-bandwidth-en-noun-ndiHDapv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: time-bandwidth product Related terms: bandshape, broadband

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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "width of a frequency band",
      "word": "帶寬"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "width of a frequency band",
      "word": "頻帶"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "píndài",
      "sense": "width of a frequency band",
      "word": "频带"
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    {
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "width of a frequency band",
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "width of a frequency band",
      "word": "频宽"
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      "sense": "width of a frequency band",
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "width of a frequency band",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "width of a frequency band",
      "word": "bendlarĝo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "width of a frequency band",
      "word": "ribalaius"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "width of a frequency band",
      "word": "kaistanleveys"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "width of a frequency band",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bande passante"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "width of a frequency band",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bandbreite"
    },
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "évros zónis",
      "sense": "width of a frequency band",
      "word": "εύρος ζώνης"
    },
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      "sense": "width of a frequency band",
      "word": "sávszélesség"
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "width of a frequency band",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "bandbreidd"
    },
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "width of a frequency band",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "word": "lebar pita"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "帯域幅"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "daeyeokpok",
      "sense": "width of a frequency band",
      "word": "대역폭"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "roman": "širina na opseg",
      "sense": "width of a frequency band",
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      "code": "ms",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "width of a frequency band",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "width of a frequency band",
      "word": "largura de banda"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "width of a frequency band",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "lărgime de bandă"
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      "sense": "width of a frequency band",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ширина́ полосы́"
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      "word": "bandbredd"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit",
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      "code": "eo",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "kaistanleveys"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit",
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      ],
      "word": "bande passante"
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Bandbreite"
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    {
      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit",
      "word": "εύρος ζώνης"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit",
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      "word": "bandbreidd"
    },
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      "code": "id",
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      "word": "båndbredde"
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      "code": "nn",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "bandbreidd"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "przepustowość"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit",
      "word": "largura de banda"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ancho de banda"
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    {
      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "measure of data flow rate in digital networks",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "båndbredde"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "bandbreedte"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "measure of data flow rate in digital networks",
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      "code": "et",
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      "sense": "measure of data flow rate in digital networks",
      "word": "ülekandemaht"
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      "sense": "measure of data flow rate in digital networks",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "measure of data flow rate in digital networks",
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      "word": "kaista"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "measure of data flow rate in digital networks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "débit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "measure of data flow rate in digital networks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "bande passante"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "word": "Bandbreite"
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      "code": "el",
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      "code": "he",
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "measure of data flow rate in digital networks",
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      "code": "id",
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      "word": "pita lebar"
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      "alt": "帶域幅",
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      "sense": "measure of data flow rate in digital networks",
      "word": "대역폭"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "code": "ms",
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      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "measure of data flow rate in digital networks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "båndbredde"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "measure of data flow rate in digital networks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "båndvidde"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "measure of data flow rate in digital networks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bandbreidd"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "measure of data flow rate in digital networks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "przepustowość"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "measure of data flow rate in digital networks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "largura de banda"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "propusknája sposóbnostʹ",
      "sense": "measure of data flow rate in digital networks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пропускна́я спосо́бность"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "širiná polosý",
      "sense": "measure of data flow rate in digital networks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ширина́ полосы́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "measure of data flow rate in digital networks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ancho de banda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "measure of data flow rate in digital networks",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bandbredd"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "bandwidth"
  ],
  "word": "bandwidth"
}

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