amplitude

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At low intensity, the molecule first expands before noticeable fragmentation begins, which is reflected in a delayed and modest decrease in the Guinier amplitude.

From Science Daily

The first is arousal, in which something exciting alters the duration, amplitude, or frequency of a certain sound.

From Science Magazine

Today, with the world 1.2 C warmer than pre-industrial times, people are already experiencing the effects of climate change in more locations, more forms and at higher frequencies and amplitudes.

From Salon

You can measure it, reducing it to frequencies and amplitudes, or you can recognize it as something else.

From Washington Post

In “I’ve Heard an Organ Talk Sometimes” — one of her three selections from Aaron Copland’s “12 Poems of Emily Dickinson” — her sound really did take on organlike amplitude.

From New York Times