amplitude
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Although long-term agreements from memory companies and a redesign of AI chips to address memory constraints “could flatten the amplitude of the cycle,” Moore said those factors should increase the duration of the memory boom.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
Magnitudes on the Richter scale are measured logarithmically, with each whole number increase representing ten times more in measured amplitude.
From Barron's ● May 11, 2026
Olympic halfpipes are 6.7m high, with Atkin achieving an amplitude of more than 5m during her final.
From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2026
She won hearts with her big amplitude off the halfpipe and funny pre-run tweets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026
Polly read the page-long letter, bristling with words like amplitude, parallax, and refraction.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
By pitching the blade back and forth at different angles, speeds, and amplitudes, they generated series of 'pitch profiles'.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 3, 2024
This created pressure waves with particular amplitudes, which were stretched out by later cosmic expansion to a bit less than half a billion light-years.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 27, 2023
In the earlier research into octopus brain waves, scientists described slow and prolonged oscillations with large amplitudes, unlike any brain wave produced by other animals.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2023
This model works well enough for lower swinging amplitudes, but it falls apart as the amplitude of a swing increases.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 6, 2023
The variation of the compass I found by several amplitudes to be 2 degrees 30 minutes west.
From Journals of Australian Explorations by Augustus Charles Gregory
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