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Definitions for width
wɪdθ, wɪtθ; often wɪθwidth

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. width, breadthnoun

    the extent of something from side to side

Wiktionary

  1. widthnoun

    The state of being wide.

  2. widthnoun

    The measurement of the extent of something from side to side.

  3. widthnoun

    A piece of material measured along its smaller dimension, especially fabric.

  4. widthnoun

    The horizontal distance between a batsman and the ball as it passes him.

  5. widthnoun

    The use of all the width of the pitch, from one side to the other.

    Manchester United like to play with width.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Widthnoun

    Breadth; wideness. A low word.

    Etymology: from wide.

    For the width of the mortess gage this side, then for the tennant, gage on that end of the quarter you intend the tennant shall be made. Joseph Moxon.

    Let thy vines in intervals be set,
    Indulge their width, and add a roomy space,
    That their extremest lines may scarce embrace. Dryden.

ChatGPT

  1. width

    Width refers to the measurement or extent of something from one side to the other, the lesser of two or larger of three dimensions of a body; typically considered the horizontal measurement when viewed in a standard position. It can also refer to the extent or range of an object, situation, or activity.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Widthnoun

    the quality of being wide; extent from side to side; breadth; wideness; as, the width of cloth; the width of a door

  2. Etymology: [From Wide.]

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British National Corpus

  1. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'width' in Nouns Frequency: #2534

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of width in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of width in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of width in a Sentence

  1. Sylvain Piqueux:

    Because carbon dioxide ice has a symmetry of four, we know dry-ice snowflakes would be cube-shaped, thanks to the Mars Climate Sounder, we can tell these snowflakes would be smaller than the width of a human hair.

  2. Senator Harris:

    >( CNN) In Wednesday night's Democratic presidential debate in Detroit, Tulsi Gabbard decided to drop her opposition research book right on Kamala Harris. . duval-3 { width :100 % ; position : relative ; border : 1px solid # 979797 ; border-left : none ; border-right : none ; padding : 20px 0 ; box-sizing : border-box ; - webkit-box-sizing : border-box ; - moz-box-sizing : border-box ; margin : auto ; max-width : 660px ; }. duval-3 a { color : # 1a1a1a ; text-decoration : none ; font-size : 0 ; }. duval-3 a : hover { color : #d 9d9d9 ; text-decoration : underline ; - moz-text-decoration-color : #d 9d9d9 ; text-decoration-color : #d 9d9d9 ; }. duval-3 > a > * { vertical-align : top ; display : inline-block ; }. duval-3 > a > div { display : inline-block ; font-size :1.0666667 rem ; width : 80 % ; padding-top : 0px ; padding-left : 2 % ; }. duval-3 > a > img { width : 18 % ; height : auto ; } @media screen and( max-width :640 px) {. duval-3 > a > * { display : block ; margin : auto ; }. duval-3 > a > div { width : 100 % ; }. duval-3 > a > img { width : 50 % ; } } THE POINT -- NOW ON YOUTUBE ! In each episode of his weekly YouTube show, Chris Cillizza will delve a little deeper into the surreal world of politics. Click to subscribe ! Amid a broader conversation about criminal justice reform between the California senator and former Vice President Joe Biden, the moderators turned to the Hawaii congresswoman. And she unloaded : but I'm deeply concerned about this record. There are too many examples to cite but Senator Harris put over 1,500 people in jail for marijuana violations and then laughed about it when Senator Harris was asked if Senator Harris ever smoked marijuana.

  3. Douglas Harder:

    It came to the cat door Thursday night, trying again and again to get through, which is when I took the photo, my cat is in the photo on Friday, showing the width of the sliding glass door the bear squeezed through. It came back yesterday trying to get through the cat door again.

  4. Kasia Sawicka:

    Having these highly porous 3-D structures that are composed of nanofibers that are approximately 1,000 times the width of a hair produces a huge surface area of reactivity between the skin and patch, and allows for more of an interaction.

  5. Fernando Donis:

    It is the same height, it's very much the same width, the location is exactly the same and the name is even mine.

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