Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun amplitude
3 senses of amplitude
Sense 1
amplitude -- ((physics) the maximum displacement of a periodic wave)
=> shift, displacement -- (an event in which something is displaced without rotation)
Sense 2
amplitude, bountifulness, bounty -- (the property of copious abundance)
=> abundance, copiousness, teemingness -- (the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply; "an age of abundance")
Sense 3
amplitude -- (greatness of magnitude)
=> magnitude -- (the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small); "they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion"; "about the magnitude of a small pea")