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Width is defined as the quality of being wide, or the measurement of distance from side to side.

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An example of width is a 36" measurement for a table's wideness.

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noun

the fact, quality, or condition of being wide; wideness
the size of something in terms of how wide it is; distance from side to side
a piece of something of a certain width: two widths of cloth

Origin: < wide, by analogy with length, breadth

See width in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The state, quality, or fact of being wide.
The measurement of the extent of something from side to side.
A piece of material measured along its smaller dimension or its crosswise grain, especially a piece of fabric measured from selvage to selvage.

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Origin: wide

Origin: + -th²

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