How to Use amplitude in a Sentence

amplitude

noun
  • First, why are speech and music so distinct in their amplitude over time?
    — Andrew Chang, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Light waves carry amplitude and phase.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 14 Nov. 2025
  • As the velocity of the wind changes so does the amplitude of the sound.
    — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2022
  • That means the qubit is encoded in the amplitude of the microwave field.
    — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 28 Sep. 2017
  • While frequency is how fast sound waves move, amplitude or volume is the strength of those sound waves.
    — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 8 May 2024
  • Lastly, judges are looking at amplitude in the halfpipe and off jumps.
    — Rachel Axon, USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2022
  • The researchers also found that the hum's amplitude, or loudness, did not vary over time.
    — National Geographic, 8 Dec. 2017
  • An example of the use of a log scale is for the amplitude (or wiggle) of earthquakes.
    — New York Times, 27 Feb. 2020
  • But the team used a new device that picks up sound amplitude almost instantly.
    — Leslie Nemo, Discover Magazine, 21 Oct. 2019
  • The six letters make up words, and the words combine to form terms in each scattering amplitude.
    — Katie McCormick, Quanta Magazine, 1 Aug. 2022
  • In short, the kind of amplitude of flavor that makes most Champagnes seem light and simple.
    — Jay McInerney, Town & Country, 13 Dec. 2017
  • And there are lots of these different waves with all the different amplitudes.
    — Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 14 June 2023
  • Much of the amplitude in his dances radiates from a powerful back.
    — New York Times, 27 Jan. 2022
  • His performance is the loudest thing in it by an amplitude of 10.
    — Amy Nicholson, Twin Cities, 15 May 2025
  • This constrained the amplitude of the sound waves that could be generated.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 17 Mar. 2024
  • The whole idea of vault is to get enough momentum to perform a trick but have enough amplitude to drop straight down for the landing.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Mar. 2021
  • The amplitudes are converted to log values (the Richter scale) and then plotted on a log scale.
    — New York Times, 27 Feb. 2020
  • So, as the light electric field changes amplitude and direction, the electrons feel the force of the field and are driven back and forth.
    — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2018
  • Riders need sufficient amplitude to try it, but that ups the risk of slamming back into the halfpipe.
    — Rachel Axon, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2022
  • So there’s an amplitude about 10 millivolts, that changes the voltage.
    — Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 12 July 2023
  • The total volume of this shadow was equal to the scattering amplitude.
    — Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The loudness, or amplitude, of a sound is determined by the maximum pressure of a wave.
    — Timothy Hsu, The Conversation, 24 Nov. 2021
  • In this case, the researchers relied on correlations between the amplitude of the light waves and their phase.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 2 July 2020
  • Keith leads us toward this richer amplitude.
    — Glenn Adamson, Artforum, 2 May 2026
  • These are then linked to amplitude of movements such as opening and closing lips, moving eyebrows, or angling the head.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The gusts gain frequency and amplitude, twanging the trees, hitting 70 miles per hour.
    — Nick Heil, Outside Online, 25 June 2013
  • For instance, the phase of one can affect the amplitude of its neighbor, which affects the phase of its next-nearest neighbor.
    — Natalie Wolchover, WIRED, 7 Apr. 2019
  • If the axions hit the swing with the right time delay, then the swing will start to swing at its natural frequency, and the amplitude will grow.
    — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2018
  • That’s a long way of saying that the stick figures set in motion in rom-coms get their simulation of amplitude from star power.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Everything started clicking — amplitude, grabs and spins, new tricks.
    — Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026

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