Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - breadth
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Breadth
breadth
noun Etymology: Middle English breadeth, breth, from brede ~ (from Old English br?du, from brad broad) + -th (as in lengthe length) Date: 15th century 1. distance from side to side ; width 2. something of full width 3. a. comprehensive quality ; scope the ~ of his learning b. liberality of views or taste ~ of mind • ~wise adverb or adjective
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1.
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. Derivatives breadthways adv. breadthwise adv. Etymology: obs. brede, OE br{aelig}du, f. Gmc, rel. to BROAD ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
ширина - extreme breadth - molded breadth - overall breadth - registered breadth - register breadth - tonnage breadth - top breadth - waterline breadth ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
4.
объем, широта, охват – breadth rejection – breadth of claim – breadth of the invention – undue breadth BREADTH сущ., юр. объем, степень защиты прав или притязаний ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
5.
1. ширина the room is six feet in breadth —- ширина комнаты шесть футов 2. полотнище; определенная ширина (ткани, линолеума и т. п.) a breadth of cloth —- полотнище ткани 3. широта (кругозора, интересов и т. п.) breadth of mind —- широта ума 4. иск. широта трактовки, художественное обобщение 5. несдержанность, вольность, свобода (в разговоре, поведении) too much breadth in his behavior —- он слишком много себе позволяет 6. тех. просвет, пролет Id: by a hair's breadth —- нисколько, совсем не Id: it won't shake my belief in him by a hair's breadth —- это нисколько не поколеблет мою веру в него Id: by (within) a hair's breadth of smth. —- на волосок от чего-л. Id: he was within a hair's breadth of being run over by a car —- его чуть не переехала машина Id: to a hair's breadth —- точь-в-точь, в точности ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
6.
noun 1) ширина 2) полотнище 3) широта (кругозора, взглядов); широкий размах to a hairs breadth - точь-в-точь, точно by (within) a hairs breadth of smth. - на волоске от чего-л. ...Англо-русский словарь
7.
1. The breadth of something is the distance between its two sides. The breadth of the whole camp was 400 paces. = width N-UNCOUNT: oft N of n 2. The breadth of something is its quality of consisting of or involving many different things. Older people have a tremendous breadth of experience... His breadth of knowledge filled me with admiration. = range N-UNCOUNT: oft N of n 3. If you say that someone does something or something happens throughout or across the length and breadth of a place, you are emphasizing that it happens everywhere in that place. The group built their reputation by playing across the length and breadth of North America... She has travelled the length and breadth of Britain. PHRASE: PHR n c darkgreen]emphasis 4. see also hair’s breadth ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
8.
~ n 1 the distance from one side of something to the other; width (What is the breadth of this room? | 5 metres/3 feet etc in breadth) (The boat measured eight feet in breadth) (- compare length (1), width (1)) 2 breadth of vision/mind/outlook etc an ability to consider and understand a range of ideas, attitudes, and customs that are very different from your own (a statesman with the breadth of vision of Abraham Lincoln) 3 the fact or quality of including a great variety of people, subjects etc (a novel of the breadth and magnitude of Tolstoy's `War and Peace') 4 the quality of being very large from one side to the other (the breadth of the ocean) (- see also broad1, hair's breadth, the length and breadth of length (6)) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
9.
- early 15c. alteration of brede "breadth," from O.E. brжd, probably by analogy with long/length. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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