Associations to the word «Breadth»

Wiktionary

BREADTH, noun. The extent or measure of how broad or wide something is.
BREADTH, noun. A piece of fabric of standard width.
BREADTH, noun. Scope or range, especially of knowledge or skill.
BREADTH, noun. (math) (graph theory) the length of the longest path between two vertices on a graph

Dictionary definition

BREADTH, noun. The capacity to understand a broad range of topics; "a teacher must have a breadth of knowledge of the subject"; "a man distinguished by the largeness and scope of his views".
BREADTH, noun. The extent of something from side to side.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats