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magnitude
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magnitude
n.
size, extent, dimensions; importance; significance; brightness of a celestial body (Astronomy)
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Magnitude
Magnitude may refer to:
In mathematics:
In mathematics:
- Magnitude (mathematics), the relative size of an object
- Norm (mathematics), a term for the size or length of a vector
- Scalar (mathematics), a quantity defined only by its magnitude
- Euclidean vector, a quantity defined by both its magnitude and its direction
- Order of magnitude, the class of scale having a fixed value ratio to the preceding class
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magnitude
Noun
1. the property of relative size or extent; "they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion"
(hypernym) property
(hyponym) absolute magnitude
(attribute) measurable, mensurable
(derivation) blow up, enlarge, magnify
2. a number assigned to the ratio of two quantities; two quantities are of the same order of magnitude if one is less than 10 times as large as the other; the number of magnitudes that the quantities differ is specified to within a power of 10
(synonym) order of magnitude
(hypernym) ratio
3. relative importance; "a problem of the first magnitude"
(hypernym) importance
(derivation) magnify, amplify
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magnitude
nf.
magnitude, size, dimensions, importance
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magnitude (f)
n.
magnitude, mass
