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amplitude

[am-pli-tood, -tyood] / ˈæm plɪˌtud, -ˌtjud /




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Instead, the researchers observed a local minimum in the oscillation amplitude across certain temperature ranges.

From Science Daily Sep. 5, 2026

Although long-term agreements from memory companies and a redesign of AI chips to address memory constraints “could flatten the amplitude of the cycle,” Moore said those factors should increase the duration of the memory boom.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

Magnitudes on the Richter scale are measured logarithmically, with each whole number increase representing ten times more in measured amplitude.

From Barron's May 11, 2026

She won hearts with her big amplitude off the halfpipe and funny pre-run tweets.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 10, 2026

Scientists measure the amplitude of sound waves in decibels.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

By driving high-frequency magnon pairs via laser pulses, the physicists succeeded in changing the frequencies and amplitudes of other magnons -- and thus the magnetic properties of the material -- in a non-thermal way.

From Science Daily Oct. 24, 2025

This created pressure waves with particular amplitudes, which were stretched out by later cosmic expansion to a bit less than half a billion light-years.

From Scientific American Sep. 27, 2023

This model works well enough for lower swinging amplitudes, but it falls apart as the amplitude of a swing increases.

From Science Magazine Apr. 6, 2023

Today, with the world 1.2 C warmer than pre-industrial times, people are already experiencing the effects of climate change in more locations, more forms and at higher frequencies and amplitudes.

From Salon Dec. 5, 2022

Here the ratio between the actual and expected amplitudes is not so great as in the northern hemisphere.

From Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes by Ellsworth Huntington




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