magnitude — meaning in English

English meaning

• magnitude noun The size, scale, or importance of something.

Senses

magnitude is used for these senses in English:

• magnitude (uncountable, countable) The absolute or relative size, extent or importance of something.
• magnitude (astronomy) A logarithmic scale of brightness defined so that a difference of 5 magnitudes is a factor of 100.

magnitude — full definition

1. noun The size, scale, or importance of something.
2. noun A number on a scale used to measure how strong an earthquake is.
3. noun (astronomy) A number on a scale used to measure how bright a star or other object appears.

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