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width
the distance across a rectangular swimming bath, as opposed to its length

width [width]
(communications)
The horizontal dimension of a television or facsimile picture.
The time duration of a pulse.
(mathematics)
For a plane convex, the greatest lower bound on the distance separating two parallel lines such that the set lies between them.


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The largest, a middle one, is in width something less than three feet, and in depth more than four.
In the large and pleasant salon which extended across the width of the house, the Ratignolles entertained their friends once a fortnight with a soiree musicale, sometimes diversified by card-playing.
The pond, oblong in shape, had a width so scant compared to its length that, with its ends out of view, it might have been taken for a scant river.
 
 
 
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