How to pronounce amplitude
American English pronunciation
AM-plih-tood
- IPA
- /ˈæmplɪtud/
- Syllables
- AM · plih · tood (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What amplitude means
How high a wave swings from its middle line to its peak
In a sentence: When you shout, your sound waves have a much bigger amplitude than when you whisper.
Where it comes from: It came through French from a Latin word meaning largeness, built on amplus, meaning large.
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