AMPLITUDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does amplitude mean? 

• AMPLITUDE (noun)
  The noun AMPLITUDE has 3 senses:

1. (physics) the maximum displacement of a periodic wave

2. the property of copious abundance

3. greatness of magnitude

  Familiarity information: AMPLITUDE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMPLITUDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(physics) the maximum displacement of a periodic wave

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("amplitude" is a kind of...):

displacement; shift (an event in which something is displaced without rotation)

Domain category:

natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The property of copious abundance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

amplitude; bountifulness; bounty

Hypernyms ("amplitude" is a kind of...):

abundance; copiousness; teemingness (the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Greatness of magnitude

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("amplitude" is a kind of...):

magnitude (the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "amplitude"):

signal level (the amplitude level of the desired signal)

background level; noise level (the amplitude level of the undesired background noise)

 Context examples 

The Movement Disorder Society version of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS) Rest tremor amplitude right lower extremity.

(MDS-UPDRS - Rest Tremor Amplitude Right Lower Extremity, NCI Thesaurus)

The Movement Disorder Society version of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS) Rest tremor amplitude right upper extremity.

(MDS-UPDRS - Rest Tremor Amplitude Right Upper Extremity, NCI Thesaurus)

The average (mean) amplitude (usually in mm) of the R wave, obtained from a set of measurements of the R wave, in a particular lead or set of leads.

(Mean R Wave Amplitude, NCI Thesaurus)

The Movement Disorder Society version of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS) Rest tremor amplitude lip/jaw.

(MDS-UPDRS - Rest Tremor Amplitude Lip or Jaw, NCI Thesaurus)

The Movement Disorder Society version of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS) Rest tremor amplitude left upper extremity.

(MDS-UPDRS - Rest Tremor Amplitude Left Upper Extremity, NCI Thesaurus)

An electrocardiographic finding of a QRS amplitude less than or equal to 0.5 mV in the limb leads or QRS amplitude less than or equal to 1 mV in the precordial leads.

(Low QRS Voltage by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A baseline fetal heart rate with an amplitude range that is greater than 25 beats per minute.

(Marked Baseline Fetal Heart Rate Variability, NCI Thesaurus)

The Movement Disorder Society version of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS) Rest tremor amplitude left lower extremity.

(MDS-UPDRS - Rest Tremor Amplitude Left Lower Extremity, NCI Thesaurus)

The average (mean) amplitude (usually in mm) of the S wave, obtained from a set of measurements of the S wave, in a particular lead or set of leads.

(Mean S Wave Amplitude, NCI Thesaurus)

A baseline fetal heart rate with a detectable amplitude range that is greater than undetectable but less than or equal to five beats per minute.

(Minimal Baseline Fetal Heart Rate Variability, NCI Thesaurus)