Both Uses of
amplitude
in
The House of Mirth
- But the doorstep, as she drew near it, acquired a sudden interest from the fact that it was occupied—and indeed filled—by the conspicuous figure of Mr. Rosedale, whose presence seemed to take on an added amplitude from the meanness of his surroundings.†
Chpt 2.11 *
- The remaining dresses, though they had lost their freshness, still kept the long unerring lines, the sweep and amplitude of the great artist's stroke, and as she spread them out on the bed the scenes in which they had been worn rose vividly before her.†
Chpt 2.13
Definition:
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(amplitude) greatness of magnitude or range -- especially the height of a waveeditor's notes: More technically, the amplitude of a wave is the maximum distance from the mean.