Magnitude
Word | MAGNITUDE |
Character | 9 |
Hyphenation | mag ni tude |
Pronunciations | /ˈmæɡnɪtjuːd/ |
Definitions and meanings of "Magnitude"
What do we mean by magnitude?
Greatness of rank or position. noun
Greatness in size or extent. noun
Greatness in significance or influence. noun
The brightness of a celestial body on a numerical scale for which brighter objects have smaller values. Differences in magnitude are based on a logarithmic scale that matches the response of the human eye to differences in brightness so that a decrease of one magnitude represents an increase in apparent brightness by a factor of 2.512. noun
A unit on such a scale of brightness. noun
A number assigned to a quantity so that it may be compared with other quantities. noun
A property that can be described by a real number, such as the volume of a sphere or the length of a vector. noun
A measure of the amount of energy released by an earthquake, as indicated on the Richter scale. noun
Greatness; vastness, whether in a physical or a moral sense; grandeur. noun
Largeness of relation or significance; importance; consequence: as, in affairs of magnitude disdain not to take counsel. noun
Size, or the property of having size; the extended quantity of a line, surface, or solid; length, area, or volume. noun
Any kind of continuous quantity which is comparable with extended quantity. noun
In astronomy, the brightness of a star expressed according to the numerical system used by astronomers for that purpose. noun
In ancient prosody, the length of a syllable, foot, colon, or meter, expressed in terms of the metrical unit (primary time, semeion, or mora): as, a foot of trisemic magnitude; a colon of icosasemic magnitude. noun
Extent of dimensions; size; -- applied to things that have length, breadth, and thickness. noun
That which has one or more of the three dimensions, length, breadth, and thickness. noun
Anything of which greater or less can be predicated, as time, weight, force, and the like. noun
The absolute or relative size, extent or importance of something.
An order of magnitude.
A number, assigned to something, such that it may be compared to others numerically
Of a vector, the norm, most commonly, the two-norm.
A logarithmic scale of brightness defined so that a difference of 5 magnitudes is a factor of 100.
A measure of the energy released by an earthquake (e.g. on the Richter scale).
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