breadth

breadth
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
Measure from side to side
Nouns — breadth, width, broadness, scope, extent, latitude, amplitude, spaciousness, expanse, beam; diameter, bore, caliber, radius; thickness, bulk, corpulence (See size). See expansion, space, generality, liberality.
Verbs — broaden, widen, amplify, extend, enlarge, expand; thicken, fatten.
Adjectives — broad, wide, ample, extended; thick; broad-beamed; outspread, outstretched; vast, spacious, roomy; comprehensive, extensive.
Antonyms, See narrowness.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [Width]
Syn. wideness, broadness, thickness, distance across; see diameter , width .
2. [Scope]
Syn. largeness, extent, vastness, compass, magnitude, inclusiveness, greatness, extensiveness, comprehensiveness, amplitude, latitude, liberality; see also extent , size 2 .
Ant. smallness*, narrowness, littleness.
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
1. width broadness, span.
2. range extent, scope, span, area.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun The extent of something from side to side: broadness, wideness, width. See WIDE.

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  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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