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Topic: PHYSICS

Date: 1500-1600
Language: French
Origin: Latin amplitudo, from amplus; AMPLE

amplitude

 noun
     
am‧pli‧tude [uncountable]
technicalHPTC the distance between the middle and the top or bottom of a wave such as a sound wave
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