Part 402

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To speak largely or copiously; to be diffuse in argument or description; to dilate; to expatiate; -- often with <i>on</i> or <i>upon</i>.</def>

<i>Watts.</i>

<blockquote>He must often enlarge and <b>amplify</b> upon the subject he handles. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Amplitude</h1> <Xpage=51>

<hw>Am"pli*tude</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>amplitudo</ets>, fr. <ets>amplus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>amplitude</ets>. See <er>Ample</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>State of being ample; extent of surface or space; largeness of dimensions; size.</def>

<blockquote>The cathedral of Lincoln . . . is a magnificent structure, proportionable to the <b>amplitude</b> of the diocese. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Largeness, in a figurative sense; breadth; abundance; fullness.</def> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Of extent of capacity or intellectual powers.</def> "<i>Amplitude</i> of mind." <i>Milton</i>. "<i>Amplitude</i> of comprehension." <i>Macaulay</i>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Of extent of means or resources.</def> "<i>Amplitude</i> of reward." <i>Bacon</i>.

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the center of the sun, or a star, at its rising or setting. At the rising, the amplitude is eastern or ortive: at the setting, it is western, occiduous, or occasive. It is also northern or southern, when north or south of the equator.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the foot of the vertical circle passing through any star or object.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Gun.)</fld> <def>The horizontal line which measures the distance to which a projectile is thrown; the range.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>The extent of a movement measured from the starting point or position of equilibrium; -- applied especially to vibratory movements.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(math.)</fld> <def>An angle upon which the value of some function depends; -- a term used more especially in connection with elliptic functions.</def>

<cs><col>Magnetic amplitude</col>, <cd>the angular distance of a heavenly body, when on the horizon, from the magnetic east or west point as indicated by the compass. The difference between the magnetic and the true or astronomical amplitude (see 3 above) is the "variation of the compass."</cd></cs>

<h1>Amply</h1> <Xpage=51>

<hw>Am"ply</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an ample manner.</def>

<h1>Ampul</h1> <Xpage=51>

<hw>Am"pul</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>ampella</ets>, <ets>ampolla</ets>, L. <ets>ampulla</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>ampolle</ets>, F. <ets>ampoule</ets>.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Ampulla, 2.</er></def>

<h1>Ampulla</h1> <Xpage=51>

<hw>Am*pul"la</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Ampull\'91</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. ]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Rom. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A narrow-necked vessel having two handles and bellying out like a jug.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A cruet for the wine and water at Mass.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The vase in which the holy oil for chrism, unction, or coronation is kept.</def>

<i>Shipley.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Any membranous bag shaped like a leathern bottle, as the dilated end of a vessel or duct; especially the dilations of the semicircular canals of the ear.</def>

<h1>Ampullaceous</h1> <Xpage=51>

<hw>Am`pul*la"ceous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ampullaceus</ets>, fr. <ets>ampulla</ets>.]</ety> <def>Like a bottle or inflated bladder; bottle-shaped; swelling.</def>

<i>Kirby.</i>

<cs><col>Ampullaceous sac</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>one of the peculiar cavities in the tissues of sponges, containing the zooidal cells.</cd></cs>

<h1>Ampullar, Ampullary</h1> <Xpage=51>

<hw><hw>Am"pul*lar</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>Am`pul*la*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Resembling an ampulla.</def>

<h1>Ampullate, Ampullated</h1> <Xpage=51>