Magnitude - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈmæɡnɪtuːd|
Brit.
|ˈmæɡnɪtjuːd|
noun
- the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)
- relative importance
they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion
about the magnitude of a small pea
- 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 10about the magnitude of a small pea
- relative importance
a problem of the first magnitude
Extra examples
...the magnitude of the issue can scarcely be overstated...
...the mountain's sheer magnitude usually leaves tourists speechless...
They didn't seem to appreciate the magnitude of the problem.
We did not think the cuts would be of this magnitude.
...instanced the latest astronomical research in her presentation on measuring star magnitude...
...industrialists who had amassed riches of a magnitude that few had dreamed possible...
Napoleon instantly appreciated the magnitude of the danger.
An earthquake of magnitude 7 is reckoned as a major quake.
Word forms
noun
singular: magnitude
plural: magnitudes
singular: magnitude
plural: magnitudes
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