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Breadth

//bɹɛdθ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The extent or measure of how broad or wide something is; width. countable, uncountable

    "The breadth of the corridor is 4.5 metres."

  2. 2
    the extent of something from side to side wordnet
  3. 3
    A piece of fabric of standard width. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the capacity to understand a broad range of topics wordnet
  5. 5
    Scope or range, especially of knowledge or skill. countable, uncountable

    "expand one’s breadth of marketing"

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  1. 6
    A style in painting in which details are strictly subordinated to the harmony of the whole composition. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    The length of the longest path between two vertices in a graph. countable, uncountable

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”), Danish bredde (“breadth”), Norwegian Bokmål bredde (“breadth”), Swedish bredd (“breadth”).

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