Made tulip change size (9)
I believe the answer is:
amplitude
'size' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'made tulip change' is the wordplay.
'change' indicates anagramming the letters.
'made'+'tulip'='madetulip'
'madetulip' is an anagram of 'AMPLITUDE'.
(Other definitions for amplitude that I've seen before include "Abundance, largeness" , "stretch" , "Profusion" , "Range" , "Maximum extent of signal or vibration" .)