All 3 Uses of
breadth
in
The Time Machine
- 'Nor, having only length, breadth, and thickness, can a cube have a real existence.'†
Chpt 1 *
- 'Clearly,' the Time Traveller proceeded, 'any real body must have extension in four directions: it must have Length, Breadth, Thickness, and—Duration.†
Chpt 1
- That Space, as our mathematicians have it, is spoken of as having three dimensions, which one may call Length, Breadth, and Thickness, and is always definable by reference to three planes, each at right angles to the others.†
Chpt 1
Definitions:
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(1)
(breadth) the distance between two sides; or the range of variety -- especially a broad range of knowledge
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, at one time a breadths described a piece of cloth of full width.