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magnitude

/ˈmæɡnɪtjuːd/noun3 syllables

Magnitude means: 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 for magnitude1

noun, as in 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

order of magnitude

What does magnitude mean?3

noun

1

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

2

the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)“they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion”

3

relative importance“a problem of the first magnitude”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Magnitude in a sentence

  • A vector quantity has two characteristics, a magnitude and a direction.Hybrid
  • I've never seen a pearl of such magnitude!CM
  • I hadn't realized the magnitude of the problems.CM
  • You need to understand the magnitude of the problem.CK
  • Dan couldn't understand the magnitude of what had taken place.Amastan
  • No one could believe the magnitude of the tragedy.OsoHombre
  • That problem is of another order of magnitude.sundown
  • No one knows for sure when a phenomenon of this magnitude will happen again.Nylez

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Forms of magnitude

as a noun

plural
magnitudes