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Webster 1913 Edition
Magnitude
1.
Extent of dimensions; size; – applied to things that have length, breadth, and thickness.
Conceive those 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. Sir I. Newton.
2.
(Geom.)
That which has one or more of the three dimensions, length, breadth, and thickness.
3.
Anything of which greater or less can be predicated, as time, weight, force, and the like.
4.
Greatness; grandeur.
“With plain, heroic magnitude of mind.” Milton.
5.
Greatness, in reference to influence or effect; importance;
as, an affair of
. magnitude
The
magnitude
of his designs. Bp. Horsley.
Webster 1828 Edition
Magnitude
MAG'NITUDE
,Noun.
1.
Greatness; grandeur. With plain heroic magnitude of mind.
2.
Greatness, in reference to influence or effect; importance. In affairs or magnitude, disdain not to take counsel.Definition 2024
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magnitude
English
Noun
magnitude (countable and uncountable, plural magnitudes)
- (uncountable, countable) The absolute or relative size, extent or importance of something.
- (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) The apparent brightness of a star (on a negative, logarithmic scale); apparent magnitude
- (seismology) A measure of the energy released by an earthquake (e.g. on the Richter scale).
Derived terms
Translations
size, etc.
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number
of a vector
apparent brighness of a star
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energy of earthquake
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -udʒi
Noun
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)