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/
• 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

• French: plénitude (fr)
• German: Fülle (de) f, Vollsein n, Vollständigkeit (de) f
• Gothic: 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌸𐍃 f (fulliþs)
• Greek:

  Ancient: πληθώρα f (plēthṓra)

• Middle English: fulnesse

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