1
: the horizontal measurement taken at right angles to the length : breadth
2
: largeness of extent or scope
3
: a measured and cut piece of material
a width of calico
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Examples of width in a Sentence
What is the width of the table?
She carefully measured the length and width of the room.
The deck runs the full width of the house.
The carpet is available in several widths.
We swam ten widths in the pool.
I bought two widths of fabric.
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As with Philadelphia’s Roosevelt Boulevard, the width and traffic speed of state roads in urban neighborhoods now frequently clash with local desires for street safety, quality transit service, and pedestrian comfort.
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David Zipper, Vox, 13 Nov. 2024
Since the average width of the ring system is only around 30 to 50 feet on average, that doesn’t leave us that much to see.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 3 Nov. 2024
That rim must have an internal width of at least 19 mm in order to accommodate both the sensor and the tire beads on either side of it.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 3 Nov. 2024
Ultrafine particles are aerosols less than 0.1 micrometers, or 100 nanometers, in diameter — about one-thousandth the width of a human hair.
—Discover Magazine, 1 Nov. 2024
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David Zipper, Vox, 13 Nov. 2024
Since the average width of the ring system is only around 30 to 50 feet on average, that doesn’t leave us that much to see.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 3 Nov. 2024
That rim must have an internal width of at least 19 mm in order to accommodate both the sensor and the tire beads on either side of it.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 3 Nov. 2024
Ultrafine particles are aerosols less than 0.1 micrometers, or 100 nanometers, in diameter — about one-thousandth the width of a human hair.
—Discover Magazine, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Width.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/width. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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