fullness
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Etymology
From Middle English fulnesse, from Old English fulnes, fylnes, fyllnis (“completeness; abundance”), equivalent to full + -ness. Cognate with Old High German folnissi (“fullness”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈfʊlnəs/
Audio (General American): (file) - Hyphenation: full‧ness
Noun
fullness (usually uncountable, plural fullnesses)
- Being full; completeness.(Can we add an example for this sense?)
- The degree to which a space is full.(Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (figurative) The degree to which fate has become known. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (bodybuilding): A measure of the degree to which a muscle has increased in size parallel to the axis of its contraction. A full muscle fills more of the space along the part of the body where it is connected.
Synonyms
- (being full): entirety, whole; see also Thesaurus:entirety
Derived terms
Translations
being full
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degree to which a space is full and infinite
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measure of the degree to which a muscle has increased in size
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