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Webster 1913 Edition

Breadth

Breadth

(brĕdth)
,
Noun.
[OE.
brede
,
breede
, whence later
bredette
, AS.
brǣdu
, fr.
brād
broad. See
Broad
,
Adj.
]
1.
Distance from side to side of any surface or thing; measure across, or at right angles to the length; width.
Breadth
of coloring is a prominent character in the painting of all great masters.
Weale.

Webster 1828 Edition

Breadth

BREADTH

,
Noun.
bredth. The measure or extent of any plain surface from side to side; a geometrical dimension, which,multiplied into the length, constitutes a surface; as,the length of a table is five feet, and the breadth, three; 5x3=15 feet, the whole surface.

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