breadth
/bretθ/ noun [U, no plural]Definition
› the distance from one side of something to the other side: a swimming pool with a breadth of 10 metres and a length of 50 metres
sb's breadth of experience/knowledge/interest, etc › the great number of different things that someone has done, knows, is interested in, etc → See also the length and breadth of sth
(Definition of breadth noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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