fullness

English

Alternative forms

• fulness (obsolete)
• fulnesse (obsolete)

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):

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• Hyphenation: full‧ness

Noun

fullness (usually uncountable, plural fullnesses)

1. Being full; completeness.(Can we add an example for this sense?)
2. The degree to which a space is full.(Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. (figurative) The degree to which fate has become known. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
4. (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

• fullness of time

Translations

being full

Arabic: اِمْتِلَاء m (imtilāʔ) Belarusian: паўната́ f (paŭnatá), по́ўнасць f (póŭnascʹ) Bulgarian: пълнота́ (bg) f (pǎlnotá) French: plénitude (fr) f Galician: plenitude (gl) f German: Fülle (de) f, Vollsein n, Vollständigkeit (de) f Gothic: 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌸𐍃 f (fulliþs) Greek: Ancient: πληθώρα f (plēthṓra) Italian: pienezza (it) f Macedonian: полнота f (polnota) Middle English: fulnesse Ottoman Turkish: طولغونلق (dolgunluk) Polish: pełnia (pl) f Russian: полнота́ (ru) f (polnotá) Ukrainian: повнота́ f (povnotá)

degree to which a space is full and infinite

German: Füllungsstufe f, Füllungsgrad m, Füllungszustand m, Füllungsausmaß n

degree to which fate has become known

German: Erfüllung (de) f, Erfülltheit f

measure of the degree to which a muscle has increased in size