3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Breadth \Breadth\ (br[e^]dth), noun [OE. brede, breede, whence later bredette, AS. br[=ae]du, fr. br[=a]d broad. See {Broad}, adjective] 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 noun 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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 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

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