<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the state or quality of being ample, especially as to breadth or width;</li><li>largeness;</li><li>greatness of extent.</li><li>large or full measure;</li><li>abundance;</li><li>copiousness.</li><li>mental range, scope, or capacity.</li></ul><p><strong>Physics</strong></p><ul><li>the absolute value of the maximum displacement from a zero value during one period of an oscillation.</li></ul><p><strong>Electricity</strong></p><ul><li>the maximum deviation of an alternating current from its average value.</li></ul><p><strong>Astronomy</strong></p><ul><li>the arc of the horizon measured from the east or west point to the point where a vertical circle through a heavenly body would intersect the horizon.</li></ul><p><strong>Mathematics</strong></p><ul><li>argument (def 8b).</li></ul>