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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Breadth \Breadth\ (br[e^]dth), n. [OE. brede, breede, whence
     later bredette, AS. br[=ae]du, fr. br[=a]d broad. See
     Broad, a.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. Distance from side to side of any surface or thing;
        measure across, or at right angles to the length; width.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Fine Arts) The quality of having the colors and shadows
        broad and massive, and the arrangement of objects such as
        to avoid to great multiplicity of details, producing an
        impression of largeness and simple grandeur; -- called
        also breadth of effect.
  
              Breadth of coloring is a prominent character in the
              painting of all great masters.        --Weale.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Breadth \Breadth\, n. [OE. brede, breede, whence later bredette,
     AS. br?du, fr. br[=a]d broad. See Broad, a.]
     1. Distance from side to side of any surface or thing;
        measure across, or at right angles to the length; width.
  
     2. (Fine Arts) The quality of having the colors and shadows
        broad and massive, and the arrangement of objects such as
        to avoid to great multiplicity of details, producing an
        impression of largeness and simple grandeur; -- called
        also breadth of effect.
  
              Breadth of coloring is a prominent character in the
              painting of all great masters.        --Weale.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  breadth
       n 1: an ability to understand a broad range of topics; "a teacher
            must have a breadth of knowledge of the subject" [syn: comprehensiveness]
       2: the extent of something from side to side [syn: width]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  breadth
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 το φάρδος, το πλάτος ενός αντικειμένου
     2 το εύρος (των γνώσεων ή των ικανοτήτων κάποιου
     3 ένα κομμάτι ύφασμα σταθερού φάρδους

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  breadth
     n.
     1 The extent or measure of how broad or wide something is.
     2 A piece of fabric of standard width.
     3 scope or range, especially of knowledge or skill.
     4 (lb en arts) A style in painting in which details are strictly
  subordinated to the harmony of the whole composition.
     5 (lb en graph theory) The length of the longest path between two
  vertex in a graph.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  breadth
     n.
     1 The extent or measure of how broad or wide something is.
     2 A piece of fabric of standard width.
     3 scope or range, especially of knowledge or skill.
     4 (lb en arts) A style in painting in which details are strictly
  subordinated to the harmony of the whole composition.
     5 (lb en graph theory) The length of the longest path between two
  vertex in a graph.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  breadth
     n.
     1 The extent or measure of how broad or wide something is.
     2 A piece of fabric of standard width.
     3 scope or range, especially of knowledge or skill.
     4 (lb en arts) A style in painting in which details are strictly
  subordinated to the harmony of the whole composition.
     5 (lb en graph theory) The length of the longest path between two
  vertex in a graph.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  breadth
     n.
     1 The extent or measure of how broad or wide something is.
     2 A piece of fabric of standard width.
     3 scope or range, especially of knowledge or skill.
     4 (lb en arts) A style in painting in which details are strictly
  subordinated to the harmony of the whole composition.
     5 (lb en graph theory) The length of the longest path between two
  vertex in a graph.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  breadth
     Englanti n.
     leveys

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  breadth
     Engelska n.
     bredd, vidd

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Breadth /bɹˈɛdθ/
  العرض

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  breadth //bɹɛdθ// //bɹɛtθ// //bɹɛθ// 
  1. ширина́
  piece of fabric of standard width
  2. обхва́т, разма́х, широта́
  scope, range

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  breadth /bɹˈɛdθ/ 
  šíře

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  breadth /bɹˈɛdθ/
  šířka

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  breadth /bɹˈɛdθ/ 
  lled 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  breadth /bɹˈɛdθ/
  Breite 
   see: breadths
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  breadth /bɹˈɛdθ/
  
  φάρδος

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  breadth /bɹˈɛdθ/ 
  1. विस्तार
        "A teacher must have a breadth of knowledge of the subject"

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  breadth /bɹˈɛdθ/
  prostranstvo, širina, širina broda, širokogrudnost, širokogrudost

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  breadth /bɹˈɛdθ/
  szélesség

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  breadth /bredθ/
  platumas, plotis
     See also: width
  

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  breadth /bretθ/ 
   1.  szerokość
   2.  rozmach

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  breadth /bɹˈɛdθ/ 
  largura

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  breadth //bɹɛdθ// //bɹɛtθ// //bɹɛθ// 
  bredd
  scope, range

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  breadth /bɹˈɛdθ/
  1. genişlik, en, arz, enlilik. breadthways, breadthwisez enine, genişliğine.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈbɹɛdθ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  87 Moby Thesaurus words for "breadth":
     acreage, amount, amplitude, area, beam, bigness, body, broad gauge,
     broad-mindedness, broadness, bulk, caliber, catholicity, compass,
     comprehensiveness, continuum, cosmopolitanism, coverage, degree,
     depth, detail, diameter, dimension, dimensions, distance,
     ecumenicalism, ecumenicism, ecumenicity, ecumenism, emptiness,
     empty space, expanse, expansion, extension, extent, field,
     fullness, galactic space, gamut, gauge, girth, greatness, height,
     infinite space, interstellar space, large-mindedness, largeness,
     latitude, length, liberality, magnitude, mass, measure,
     measurement, noninsularity, nothingness, orbit, outer space,
     proportion, proportions, radius, range, reach, scale, scope, size,
     space, spacious mind, span, spatial extension, sphere, spread,
     stretch, superficial extension, surface, sweep, thickness, tract,
     unbigotedness, unhideboundness, unparochialism, unprovincialism,
     void, volume, wide-mindedness, wideness, width
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 宽度;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. U宽度,广度

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