as in scope
an area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends
the amplitude of Thomas Jefferson's interests—government, architecture, agriculture, science, philosophy—is truly awesome
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Monroe fully understood that presidents are granted far greater amplitude to exercise power in foreign affairs than in the domestic realm.
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Sara Georgini, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Aug. 2024
By using that 400-kilohertz frequency and measuring variances in the signal's amplitude just as an amplitude-modulated, or AM, radio does, Kamkar was able to later filter out everything other than that frequency to vastly reduce noise.
—Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 8 Aug. 2024
Their results supported the claim that the instability threshold is dependent on initial conditions, namely amplitude and wavelength.
—Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 9 Aug. 2024
The distance between crests is called the wavelength, and the amplitude of a wave—its strength, effectively—is the difference in height between the trough and a crest.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 5 July 2024
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Sara Georgini, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Aug. 2024
By using that 400-kilohertz frequency and measuring variances in the signal's amplitude just as an amplitude-modulated, or AM, radio does, Kamkar was able to later filter out everything other than that frequency to vastly reduce noise.
—Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 8 Aug. 2024
Their results supported the claim that the instability threshold is dependent on initial conditions, namely amplitude and wavelength.
—Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 9 Aug. 2024
The distance between crests is called the wavelength, and the amplitude of a wave—its strength, effectively—is the difference in height between the trough and a crest.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 5 July 2024
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“Amplitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amplitude. Accessed 24 Oct. 2024.
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