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| | | Breadth | n. [ OE. brede, breede, whence later bredette, AS. br&aemacr_;du, fr. brād broad. See Broad, a. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. Distance from side to side of any surface or thing; measure across, or at right angles to the length; width. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Fine Arts) The quality of having the colors and shadows broad and massive, and the arrangement of objects such as to avoid to great multiplicity of details, producing an impression of largeness and simple grandeur; -- called also breadth of effect. Breadth of coloring is a prominent character in the painting of all great masters. Weale. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Breadthless | a. Without breadth. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Breadthways | ads. Breadthwise. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Breadthwise | ads. In the direction of the breadth. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| | | | | ส่วนกว้าง | [suankwāng] (n) EN: width ; breadth FR: largeur [ f ] |
| | | | | | 幅(P);巾 | [はば, haba] (n) width; breadth; (P) #1,598 [Add to Longdo] | | 幅;布 | [の, no] (n, n-suf, ctr) (after a number in the hito-, futa-, mi- counting system) unit of measurement for cloth breadth (30-38 cm) #1,598 [Add to Longdo] | | 横 | [よこ, yoko] (n) (1) (See 横になる) horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; (2) (See 首を横に振る) side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; breadth; (3) side (of a box, etc.); (4) beside; aside; next to; (5) (See 横から口を挟む) unconnected; (P) #1,871 [Add to Longdo] | | 束 | [つか, tsuka] (n, n-suf) (1) { math } lattice; (n, n-suf, ctr) (2) counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish); (3) handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows) #8,371 [Add to Longdo] | | 束 | [つか, tsuka] (n) (1) strut; short vertical post; (2) thickness (of a book minus the cover, a sheaf of paper, etc.); (3) (arch) (See 束・そく) handbreadth; bundle #8,371 [Add to Longdo] | | 幅員 | [ふくいん, fukuin] (n) breadth, extent #12,194 [Add to Longdo] | | 一髪 | [いっぱつ, ippatsu] (n) hair; hair's breadth [Add to Longdo] | | 一幅 | [ひとはば, hitohaba] (n) single breadth (cloth measurement, 30-38 cm) [Add to Longdo] | | 横幅 | [よこはば, yokohaba] (n) breadth; width; (P) [Add to Longdo] | | 間一髪 | [かんいっぱつ, kan'ippatsu] (n) (See 間一髪のところ) hair's breadth; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Breadth \Breadth\ (br[e^]dth), n. [OE. brede, breede, whence
later bredette, AS. br[=ae]du, fr. br[=a]d broad. See
{Broad}, a.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Distance from side to side of any surface or thing;
measure across, or at right angles to the length; width.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Fine Arts) The quality of having the colors and shadows
broad and massive, and the arrangement of objects such as
to avoid to great multiplicity of details, producing an
impression of largeness and simple grandeur; -- called
also {breadth of effect}.
Breadth of coloring is a prominent character in the
painting of all great masters. --Weale.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
breadth
n 1: 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" [syn: {breadth}, {comprehensiveness}, {largeness}]
2: the extent of something from side to side [syn: {width},
{breadth}]
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