breadth (noun)
1breadth — ► NOUN 1) the distance or measurement from side to side of something. 2) wide range: breadth of experience. 3) dated a piece of cloth of standard or full width. ORIGIN obsolete brede, related to BROAD(Cf. ↑broadness) …
2breadth — noun 1 distance between two sides of sth PREPOSITION ▪ in breadth ▪ The pool is 15 feet in breadth. PHRASES ▪ the length and breadth of sth ▪ He …
3breadth — noun 1 (C, U) 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… …
4breadth — [ bredθ ] noun 1. ) count or uncount the distance from one side of an object to the other: WIDTH: 5 feet in breadth 2. ) uncount the fact that something includes a wide range of different things or ideas: The aim of these changes is to give the… …
5breadth — noun Etymology: Middle English breadeth, breth, from brede breadth (from Old English brǣdu, from brād broad) + th (as in lengthe length) Date: 15th century 1. distance from side to side ; width 2. something of full width …
6breadth — noun 1) a breadth of 100 meters Syn: width, broadness, wideness, thickness; span; diameter 2) the breadth of his knowledge Syn: range, extent, scope, depth, reach, compass …
7breadth — noun 1) a breadth of 100 metres Syn: width, broadness, thickness, span, diameter 2) the breadth of his knowledge Syn: range, extent, scope, depth, reach, compass …
8breadth — noun 1》 the distance or measurement from side to side of something. ↘wide range: her breadth of experience. 2》 dated a piece of cloth of standard or full width. Derivatives breadthways (also breadthwise) adverb Origin C16: from obs. brede… …
9breadth index — noun ratio (in percent) of the maximum breadth to the maximum length of a skull • Syn: ↑cephalic index, ↑cranial index • Hypernyms: ↑ratio …
10breadth-height index — noun anthropology : the ratio of the maximum breadth of the head or skull to its maximum height multiplied by 100 …
