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amplitude /am·pli·tude/ (am´plĭ-tldbomacd)
1. largeness, fullness; wideness in range or extent. 2. in a phenomenon that occurs in waves, the maximal deviation of a wave from the baseline. amplitude of accommodation amount of accommodative power of the eye.
amplitude [am′plityo̅o̅d] Etymology: L, amplus, wide the width or breadth of range or extent, such as amplitude of accommodation or amplitude of convergence. amplitude [am´plĭ-to̳d] 1. largeness, fullness; wideness or breadth of range or extent. 2. in conventional tomography, the motion of the x-ray tube (with the cassette moving in the opposite direction) during the x-ray exposure.
amplitude largeness, fullness; wideness or breadth of range or extent. amplitude mode
see A-mode ultrasonography. amplitude Cardiac pacing The maximum absolute value attained by an electrical waveform, or any quantity that varies periodically; pacemaker amplitudes express the value of the potential difference in volts or current flow in amperes;
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