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- Dictionarymagnitude/ˈmaɡnɪtʃuːd/
noun
- 1. the great size or extent of something: "they may feel discouraged at the magnitude of the task before them" Similar Opposite
- 2. size: "electorates of less than average magnitude" Similar
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In Physics, magnitude is defined as the maximum extent of size and the direction of an object. Magnitude is used as a common factor in vector and scalar quantities. By definition, we know that scalar quantities are those quantities that have magnitude only.
the large size or importance of something: They don't seem to grasp the magnitude of the problem. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Importance - general words. all that matters. centre of gravity. cornerstone. criticality. focus. grandness. import. meaning. overfocus. pertinence. pre-eminence. precedence. salience. supereminence.
magnitude. noun. mag· ni· tude ˈmag-nə-ˌtüd. -ˌtyüd. Synonyms of magnitude. 1. a. : great size or extent. cannot wage a war of such magnitude A. N. Whitehead. the magnitude of an earthquake. b (1) : spatial quality : size. able to operate only over distances of very small magnitude G. W. Gray. (2) : quantity, number.
Definition of magnitude noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. 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. synonyms: order of magnitude. see more.
noun. size; extent; dimensions: to determine the magnitude of an angle. great importance or consequence: affairs of magnitude. greatness of size or amount. moral greatness: magnitude of mind. Astronomy.
the brightness of a star or other celestial body as viewed by the unaided eye and expressed by a mathematical ratio of 2.512: a star of the first magnitude is approximately 2 1 ⁄ 2 times as bright as one of the second magnitude and 100 times brighter than one of the sixth magnitude.
magnitude. noun [ U ] formal uk / ˈmæɡnɪtjuːd / us. Add to word list. the large size or importance of something: People were still unaware of the magnitude of the problem. (Definition of magnitude from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
magnitude. (ˈmæɡnɪˌtjuːd) n. 1. relative importance or significance: a problem of the first magnitude. 2. relative size or extent: the magnitude of the explosion. 3. (Mathematics) maths a number assigned to a quantity, such as weight, and used as a basis of comparison for the measurement of similar quantities.
MAGNITUDE meaning: 1 : the size, extent, or importance of something; 2 : a number that shows the brightness of a star.