fullness

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Etymology

From Middle English fulnesse, from Old English fulnes, fylnes, fyllnis (completeness; abundance), equivalent to full + -ness. Cognate with Old High German folnissi (fullness).

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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.

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