What does magnitude mean?
Definitions for magnitude
ˈmæg nɪˌtud, -ˌtyudmag·ni·tude
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Princeton's WordNet
magnitudenoun
the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)
"they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion"; "about the magnitude of a small pea"
order of magnitude, magnitudenoun
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
magnitudenoun
relative importance
"a problem of the first magnitude"
GCIDE
Magnitudenoun
(Astron.) See magnitude of a star, below.
Magnitudenoun
(Opt.), the angular breadth of an object viewed as measured by the angle which it subtends at the eye of the observer; -- called also apparent diameter. 2. (Astron.) Same as magnitude of a star, below. -- Magnitude of a star (Astron.), the rank of a star with respect to brightness. About twenty very bright stars are said to be of first magnitude, the stars of the sixth magnitude being just visible to the naked eye; called also visual magnitude, apparent magnitude, and simply magnitude. Stars observable only in the telescope are classified down to below the twelfth magnitude. The difference in actual brightness between magnitudes is now specified as a factor of 2.512, i.e. the difference in brightness is 100 for stars differing by five magnitudes.
Wiktionary
magnitudenoun
The absolute or relative size, extent or importance of something.
magnitudenoun
A number, assigned to something, such that it may be compared to others numerically
magnitudenoun
Of a vector, the norm, most commonly, the two-norm.
magnitudenoun
The apparent brightness of a star (on a negative, logarithmic scale); apparent magnitude
magnitudenoun
A measure of the energy released by an earthquake (e.g. on the Richter scale).
Etymology: From magnitudo;
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Magnitudenoun
Etymology: magnitudo, Latin.
With plain heroick magnitude of mind,
And celestial vigour arm’d,
Their armories and magazines contemns. John Milton, Agonist.This tree hath no extraordinary magnitude, touching the trunk or stem; it is hard to find any one bigger than the rest. Walter Raleigh, Hist. of the World.
Never repose so much upon any man’s single counsel, fidelity, and discretion, in managing affairs of the first magnitude, that is, matters of religion and justice, as to create in yourself, or others, a diffidence of your own judgment. Charles I .
When I behold this goodly frame, this world,
Of heav’n and earth consisting; and compute
Their magnitudes; this earth a spot, a grain,
An atom, with the firmament compar’d. John Milton, Par. Lost.Convince the world that you’re devout and true;
Whatever be your birth, you’re sure to be
A peer of the first magnitude to me. John Dryden, Juv.Conceive these particles of bodies to be so disposed amongst themselves, that the intervals of empty spaces between them may be equal in magnitude to them all; and that these particles may be composed of other particles much smaller, which have as much empty space between them as equals all the magnitudes of these smaller particles. Isaac Newton, Opticks.
ChatGPT
magnitude
Magnitude generally refers to the great size or extent of something, or the degree of intensity of a certain quality or characteristic. In specific fields, such as physics or mathematics, magnitude may also refer to the numerical value or quantity of a particular property, like the strength of a force, earthquake, or brightness of a star.
Webster Dictionary
Magnitudenoun
extent of dimensions; size; -- applied to things that have length, breath, and thickness
Magnitudenoun
that which has one or more of the three dimensions, length, breadth, and thickness
Magnitudenoun
anything of which greater or less can be predicated, as time, weight, force, and the like
Magnitudenoun
greatness; grandeur
Magnitudenoun
greatness, in reference to influence or effect; importance; as, an affair of magnitude
Etymology: [L. magnitudo, from magnus great. See Master, and cf. Maxim.]
Wikidata
Magnitude
In mathematics, magnitude is the size of a mathematical object, a property by which the object can be compared as larger or smaller than other objects of the same kind. More formally, an object's magnitude is an ordering of the class of objects to which it belongs.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Magnitude
mag′ni-tūd, n. greatness: size: extent: importance. [L. magnitudo—magnus.]
Editors Contribution
magnitudenoun
A magazine of periodical alloy ammunition in form of a small uniformed commercial code. 1.) The great size or extent of something.
His collaboration of words produced a magnitude of awareness that woke his people up.
Etymology: Huge
Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on April 3, 2024
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Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'magnitude' in Nouns Frequency: #3000
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of magnitude in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of magnitude in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of magnitude in a Sentence
Development of a project of this magnitude, where large investments are to be made over multiple years, requires Israel to provide a stable investment climate, noble Energy has consistently maintained that stability is a minimum condition for project development, and our position has not changed.
I think one of the things that we struggle with is that you cant see it daily. You cant grasp the magnitude of it, but its still a national treasure for us and we should value it as such, this project, in particular, is going to take a lot more humans and dive power, as I like to call it, to actually achieve these numbers and the scale that we want to start working at.
The magnitude of these attacks is not lost on the population, nor is the fact that he (the crown prince) is the minister of defense and his brother is deputy defense minister, and yet arguably the country has suffered its largest attack ever and on the crown jewels, there's a diminishing confidence in his ability to secure the country – and that's a consequence of his policies.
We have never seen anything like this before to this magnitude.
While dry-bulk rates often face at least some pressure during the early stages of a year, the magnitude of the declines being seen lately have been very rare.
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- حجمArabic
- велічыня́Belarusian
- магнитудBulgarian
- velikostCzech
- størrelseDanish
- GrößeGerman
- μέγεθοςGreek
- grandecoEsperanto
- norma, magnitudSpanish
- ulatus, magnituud, tähtsus, tähesuurus, suurusEstonian
- اندازهPersian
- pituus, voimakkuus, merkitys, kirkkausaste, suuruus, koko, suuruusluokka, magnitudi, laajuusFinnish
- ampleur, magnitude, grandeurFrench
- meudachdScottish Gaelic
- परिमाणHindi
- ուժգնություն, մեծություն, չափArmenian
- magnitudo, magnitudine, vastitàItalian
- 等級, マグニチュード, 大きいJapanese
- ಅದ್ಭುತತೆKannada
- 크기Korean
- magnitudoLatin
- grootteDutch
- wielkość gwiazdowa, wielkość, magnitudaPolish
- grandeza, magnitudePortuguese
- magnitudine, cantitate, mărime, mărime stelarăRomanian
- магнитуда, величина, размер, мощностьRussian
- storlek, norm, magnitud, skenbar magnitud, längdSwedish
- அளவுTamil
- бузургӣTajik
- kadir, büyüklük, şiddetTurkish
- величина́, величинаUkrainian
- 大小Chinese
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