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English
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
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.
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Translations
degree to which a space is full and infinite
degree to which fate has become known
measure of the degree to which a muscle has increased in size