fullness

Meaning

Noun

• Being full; completeness.
• The degree to which a space is full.
• The degree to which fate has become known.
• : 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.

Origin

• From Middle English fulnesse, folnesse, from Old English fulnes, fylnes, fyllnis, equivalent to full + -ness. Cognate with Old High German folnissi.