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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun breadth has 2 senses
- breadth(n = noun.cognition) comprehensiveness, largeness - the capacity to understand a broad range of topics; "a teacher must have a breadth of knowledge of the subject"; "a man distinguished by the largeness and scope of his views" is a kind of intelligence
- breadth(n = noun.attribute) width - the extent of something from side to side; Array is a kind of dimension
has particulars: capaciousness, roominess
has particulars: broadness, wideness, beam, narrowness
CIDE DICTIONARY
breadth, n. [OE. brede, breede, whence later bredette, AS. br, fr. brād broad. See Broad, a. ].
Distance from side to side of any surface or thing; measure across, or at right angles to the length; width. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
breadth, n.
1 the distance or measurement from side to side of a thing; broadness.
2 a piece (of cloth etc.) of standard or full breadth.
3 extent, distance, room.
4 (usu. foll. by of) capacity to respect other opinions; freedom from prejudice or intolerance (esp. breadth of mind or view).
5 Art unity of the whole, achieved by the disregard of unnecessary details.
1 the distance or measurement from side to side of a thing; broadness.
2 a piece (of cloth etc.) of standard or full breadth.
3 extent, distance, room.
4 (usu. foll. by of) capacity to respect other opinions; freedom from prejudice or intolerance (esp. breadth of mind or view).
5 Art unity of the whole, achieved by the disregard of unnecessary details.
Derivative
breadthways adv. breadthwise adv.
Etymology
obs. brede, OE br{aelig}du, f. Gmc, rel. to BROAD
THESAURUS
breadth
acreage, amount, amplitude, area, beam, bigness, body, broad gauge, broad-mindedness, broadness, bulk, caliber, catholicity, compass, comprehensiveness, continuum, cosmopolitanism, coverage, degree, depth, detail, diameter, dimension, dimensions, distance, ecumenicalism, ecumenicism, ecumenicity, ecumenism, emptiness, empty space, expanse, expansion, extension, extent, field, fullness, galactic space, gamut, gauge, girth, greatness, height, infinite space, interstellar space, large-mindedness, largeness, latitude, length, liberality, magnitude, mass, measure, measurement, noninsularity, nothingness, orbit, outer space, proportion, proportions, radius, range, reach, scale, scope, size, space, spacious mind, span, spatial extension, sphere, spread, stretch, superficial extension, surface, sweep, thickness, tract, unbigotedness, unhideboundness, unparochialism, unprovincialism, void, volume, wide-mindedness, wideness, widthROGET THESAURUS
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Thickness,
N breadth, thickness, breadth, width, latitude, amplitude, diameter, bore, caliber, radius, superficial extent, thickness, crassitude, corpulence, dilation, broad, wide, ample, extended, discous, fanlike, outspread, outstretched, wide as a church-door, latifoliate, latifolous, thick, dumpy, squab, squat, thickset, thick as a rope, breadth, thickness, breadth, width, latitude, amplitude, diameter, bore, caliber, radius, superficial extent, thickness, crassitude, corpulence, dilation, broad, wide, ample, extended, discous, fanlike, outspread, outstretched, wide as a church-door, latifoliate, latifolous, thick, dumpy, squab, squat, thickset, thick as a rope.Light
N light, ray, beam, stream, gleam, streak, pencil, sunbeam, moonbeam, aurora, day, sunshine, light of day, light of heaven, moonlight, starlight, sunlight, daylight, broad daylight, noontide light, noontide, noonday, noonday sun, glow, glimmering, glint, play of light, flood of light, phosphorescence, lambent flame, flush, halo, glory, nimbus, aureola, spark, scintilla, facula, sparkling, emication, scintillation, flash, blaze, coruscation, fulguration, flame, lightning, levin, ignis fatuus, luster, sheen, shimmer, reflexion, reflection, gloss, tinsel, spangle, brightness, brilliancy, splendor, effulgence, refulgence, fulgor, fulgidity, dazzlement, resplendence, transplendency, luminousness, luminosity, lucidity, renitency, nitency, radiance, radiation, irradiation, illumination, actinic rays, actinism, Roentgen-ray, Xray, photography, heliography, photometer, optics, photology, photometry, dioptrics, catoptrics, chiaroscuro, clairobscur, clear obscure, breadth, light and shade, black and white, tonality, reflection, refraction, dispersion, refractivity, shining, luminous, luminiferous, lucid, lucent, luculent, lucific, luciferous, light, lightsome, bright, vivid, splendent, nitid, lustrous, shiny, beamy, scintillant, radiant, lambent, sheen, sheeny, glossy, burnished, glassy, sunny, orient, meridian, noonday, tide, cloudless, clear, unclouded, unobscured, gairish, garish, resplendent, transplendent, refulgent, effulgent, fulgid, fulgent, relucent, splendid, blazing, in a blaze, ablaze, rutilant, meteoric, phosphorescent, aglow, bright as silver, light as day, bright as day, light as noonday, bright as noonday, bright as the sun at noonday, actinic, photogenic, graphic, heliographic, heliophagous, a day for gods to stoop and men to soar, dark with excessive bright.
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