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Definition of: breadth
(bredth, bretth) noun
1. Measure or distance from side to side; as distinguished from length and thickness; width.
2. Catholicity; liberality.
3. That which has breadth; especially, a piece of a fabric of the full width.
4. The impression, in art, of largeness and comprehensiveness. [OE braedu <brad broad; -th added on analogy with length]
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