fullness

• fulness (obsolete)
• fulnesse (obsolete)

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

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfʊlnəs/

• Audio (General American):

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• Hyphenation: full‧ness

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.

• (being full): entirety, whole; see also Thesaurus:entirety

• fullness of time