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Amplitude vs Dosage - What's the difference?

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Amplitude is a related term of dosage.


As nouns the difference between amplitude and dosage

is that amplitude is amplitude (mathematics, physics) while dosage is the administration of a medication etc, in a measured amount; dosing.

amplitude

Noun

(en noun)
  • The measure of something's size, especially in terms of width or breadth; largeness, magnitude.
  • * Fuller
  • The cathedral of Lincoln is a magnificent structure, proportionable to the amplitude of the diocese.
  • * Milton
  • amplitude of mind
  • * Macaulay
  • amplitude of comprehension
  • (mathematics) The maximum absolute value of the vertical component of a curve or function, especially one that is periodic.
  • (physics) The maximum absolute value of some quantity that varies.
  • (astronomy) 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.
  • (astronomy) 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.
  • (firearms) The horizontal line which measures the distance to which a projectile is thrown; the range.
  • dosage

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The administration of a medication etc, in a measured amount; dosing
  • The addition of a small measured amount of a substance to something e.g. sugar to wine
  • The measured amount so administered or added; the dose
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