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The horizontal line which measures the distance to which a projectile is thrown; the range. (more info) 1. State of being ample; extent of surface or space; largeness of dimensions; size. The cathedral of Lincoln . . . is a magnificent structure,

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The horizontal line which measures the distance to which a projectile is thrown; the range. (more info) 1. State of being ample; extent of surface or space; largeness of dimensions; size. The cathedral of Lincoln . . . is a magnificent structure, proportionable to the amplitude of the diocese. Fuller. 2. Largeness, in a figurative sense; breadth; abundance; fullness. Of extent of capacity or intellectual powers. "Amplitude of mind." Milton. "Amplitude of comprehension." Macaulay. Of extent of means or resources. "Amplitude of reward." Bacon. The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the center of the sun, or a star, at its rising or setting. At the rising, the amplitude is eastern or ortive: at the setting, it is western, occiduous, or occasive. It is also northern or southern, when north or south of the equator. The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the foot of the vertical circle passing through any star or object.

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  • ABUNDANCE
    An overflowing fullness; ample sufficiency; great plenty; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; wealth: -- strictly applicable to quantity only, but sometimes used of number. It is lamentable to remember what abundance of noble blood hath been
  • PLENITUDE
    1. The quality or state of being full or complete; fullness; completeness; abundance; as, the plenitude of space or power. 2. Animal fullness; repletion; plethora.
  • COMPLETENESS
    The state of being complete.
  • RICHNESS
    The quality or state of being rich (in any sense of the adjective).
  • COPIOUSNESS
    The state or quality of being copious; abudance; plenty; also, diffuseness in style. To imitatethe copiousness of Homer. Dryden. Syn. -- Abudance; plenty; richness; exuberance.
  • AMPLITUDE
    The horizontal line which measures the distance to which a projectile is thrown; the range. (more info) 1. State of being ample; extent of surface or space; largeness of dimensions; size. The cathedral of Lincoln . . . is a magnificent structure,
  • HEIGHT
    AS. heáh, fr. heah high; akin to D. hoogte, Sw. höjd, Dan. höide, 1. The condition of being high; elevated position. Behold the height of the stars, how high they are! Job xxii. 12. 2. The distance to which anything rises above its foot, above
  • HEIGHTEN
    1. To make high; to raise higher; to elevate. 2. To carry forward; to advance; to increase; to augment; to aggravate; to intensify; to render more conspicuous; -- used of things, good or bad; as, to heighten beauty; to heighten a flavor or a tint.
  • FULNESS
    See FULLNESS
  • HEIGHTENER
    One who, or that which, heightens.
  • REPLETION
    Fullness of blood; plethora. (more info) 1. The state of being replete; superabundant fullness. The tree had too much repletion, and was oppressed with its own sap. Bacon. Replecioun ne made her never sick. Chaucer.
  • MAXIMUM
    The greatest quantity or value attainable in a given case; or, the greatest value attained by a quantity which first increases and then begins to decrease; the highest point or degree; -- opposed to Ant: minimum. Good legislation is the
  • EXUBERANCE
    The state of being exuberant; an overflowing quantity; a copious or excessive production or supply; superabundance; richness; as, an exuberance of joy, of fancy, or of foliage. Syn. -- Abundance; superabundance; excess; plenty; copiousness;
  • LARGENESS
    The quality or state of being large.
  • LIBERALITY
    1. The quality or state of being liberal; liberal disposition or practice; freedom from narrowness or prejudice; generosity; candor; charity. That liberality is but cast away Which makes us borrow what we can not pay. Denham. 2. A gift; a gratuity;
  • SUPERABUNDANCE
    The quality or state of being superabundant; a superabundant quantity; redundancy; excess.
  • FEARFULNESS
    The state of being fearful.
  • IREFULNESS
    Wrathfulness. Wyclif.
  • STARTFULNESS
    Aptness to start.
  • ARTFULNESS
    The quality of being artful; art; cunning; craft.
  • BASHFULNESS
    The quality of being bashful. Syn. -- Bashfulness, Modesty, Diffidence, Shyness. Modesty arises from a low estimate of ourselves; bashfulness is an abashment or agitation of the spirits at coming into contact with others; diffidence is produced
  • FORGETFULNESS
    1. The quality of being forgetful; prononess to let slip from the mind. 2. Loss of remembrance or recollection; a ceasing to remember; oblivion. A sweet forgetfulness of human care. Pope. 3. Failure to bear in mind; careless omission; inattention;
  • FRIGHTFULNESS
    The quality of being frightful.
  • WOEFULNESS; WOFULNESS
    The quality or state of being woeful; misery; wretchedness.
  • DREADFULNESS
    The quality of being dreadful.
  • BALEFULNESS
    The quality or state of being baleful.
  • DISEASEFULNESS
    The quality of being diseaseful; trouble; trial. Sir P. Sidney.
  • HEALTHFULNESS
    The state of being healthful.
  • CHEERFULNESS
    Good spirits; a state of moderate joy or gayety; alacrity.
  • DOUBTFULNESS
    1. State of being doubtful. 2. Uncertainty of meaning; ambiguity; indefiniteness. " The doubtfulness of his expressions." Locke. 3. Uncertainty of event or issue. Bacon.

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