"breadth" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /bɹɛdθ/, /bɹɛtθ/, /bɹɛθ/ Audio: En-us-breadth.ogg [US] Forms: breadths [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛdθ 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. 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”), Danish bredde (“breadth”), Norwegian Bokmål bredde (“breadth”), Swedish bredd (“breadth”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bredthe}} Middle English bredthe, {{m|en|-th}} -th, {{m|en|length}} length, {{m|en|strength}} strength, {{m|en|wrength}} wrength, {{m|enm|brede}} brede, {{l|en|bread}} bread, {{gloss|"breadth"; see bread}} ("breadth"; see bread), {{suffix|en|broad|th}} broad + -th, {{cog|sco|bredth||breadth}} Scots bredth (“breadth”), {{cog|stq|Bratte|t=breadth}} Saterland Frisian Bratte (“breadth”), {{cog|fy|breedte|t=breadth}} West Frisian breedte (“breadth”), {{cog|nl|breedte||breadth}} Dutch breedte (“breadth”), {{cog|nds-de|Breddte}} German Low German Breddte, {{m|nds-de|Breddt|t=breadth}} Breddt (“breadth”), {{cog|de|Breite||breadth}} German Breite (“breadth”), {{cog|da|bredde||breadth}} Danish bredde (“breadth”), {{cog|nb|bredde||breadth}} Norwegian Bokmål bredde (“breadth”), {{cog|sv|bredd||breadth}} Swedish bredd (“breadth”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} breadth (countable and uncountable, plural breadths)
  1. The extent or measure of how broad or wide something is; width. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (extent or measure of how broad something is): width
    Sense id: en-breadth-en-noun-Z1~pwQXs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 13 18 31 28 Disambiguation of 'extent or measure of how broad something is': 80 3 9 5 3
  2. A piece of fabric of standard width. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (piece of fabric of standard width): ширина́ (širiná) [feminine] (Bulgarian), brede (Middle English), ширина́ (širiná) [feminine] (Russian), поло́тнище (polótnišče) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-breadth-en-noun-eHUy8qOH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 13 18 31 28 Disambiguation of 'piece of fabric of standard width': 12 83 2 1 1
  3. Scope or range, especially of knowledge or skill. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Size Synonyms (scope or range): extent, range, scope, size Translations (scope, range): киңлек (kiñlek) (Bashkir), широта́ (širotá) [feminine] (Bulgarian), разма́х (razmáh) [masculine] (Bulgarian), обхва́т (obhvát) [masculine] (Bulgarian), Breite [feminine] (German), brede (Middle English), широта́ (širotá) [feminine] (Russian), разма́х (razmáx) [masculine] (Russian), обхва́т (obxvát) [masculine] (Russian), объём (obʺjóm) [masculine] (Russian), leud [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), farsaingeachd [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), larghizza [feminine] (Sicilian), largu [masculine] (Sicilian), grannizza [feminine] (Sicilian), bredd [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-breadth-en-noun-F8g5OxI7 Disambiguation of Size: 16 20 64 0 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -th Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 13 18 31 28 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -th: 12 18 28 22 20 Disambiguation of 'scope or range': 6 5 83 4 3 Disambiguation of 'scope, range': 10 8 71 6 4
  4. (art) A style in painting in which details are strictly subordinated to the harmony of the whole composition. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Art
    Sense id: en-breadth-en-noun-cVkwQ158 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 13 18 31 28 Topics: art, arts
  5. (graph theory) The length of the longest path between two vertices in a graph. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Graph theory
    Sense id: en-breadth-en-noun-nefR~EBL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 13 18 31 28 Topics: graph-theory, mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: acre breadth, bizygomatic breadth, breadth of accommodation, breadthen, breadth-first search, breadth-first traversal, breadth-height index, breadth index, breadth indicator, breadthless, breadth-line, breadth of effect, breadth of market, breadth-of-market theory, breadth of mind, breadth of the market, breadth of tone, breadth-riders, breadthways, breadthwise, by a hair's breadth, curve of constant breadth, finger-breadth, fingerbreadth, finger's breadth, foot-breadth, footbreadth, hairbreadth, hair's breadth, hairsbreadth, handbreadth, hand's breadth, handsbreadth, index of breadth, straw-breadth, straw's breadth, wheel breadth

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