magnitude
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin magnitūdō (“greatness, size”), magnus + -tūdō.
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Noun edit
magnitude (countable and uncountable, plural magnitudes)
- (uncountable, countable) The absolute or relative size, extent or importance of something.
- 2020 September 23, Paul Stephen, “East Coast upgrade: changes to schedule... but on schedule”, in Rail, page 31:
- And on a programme of works of this magnitude, passengers will need to be mindful of the age-old maxim of 'no gain without pain'.
- (countable) An order of magnitude.
- (mathematics) A number, assigned to something, such that it may be compared to others numerically
- (mathematics) Of a vector, the norm, most commonly, the two-norm.
- (astronomy) A logarithmic scale of brightness defined so that a difference of 5 magnitudes is a factor of 100.
- (uncountable) The apparent brightness of a star, with lower magnitudes being brighter; apparent magnitude
- (countable) A ratio of intensity expressed as a logarithm.
- (seismology) A measure of the energy released by an earthquake (e.g. on the Richter scale).
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Translations edit
size, etc.
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number
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of a vector
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apparent brighness of a star
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energy of earthquake
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Anagrams edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
magnitude f (plural magnitudes)
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Further reading edit
- “magnitude”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician edit
Noun edit
magnitude f (plural magnitudes)
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin magnitūdō (“greatness, size”). By surface analysis, magno + -itude.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
magnitude f (plural magnitudes)
- magnitude (size, extent or importance)
- (mathematics) magnitude (value assigned to a variable)
- (mathematics) magnitude (the norm of a vector)
- (astronomy) magnitude (apparent brightness of a star)
- (seismology) magnitude (energy of an earthquake)