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magnitude — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • amplitude noun In physics, the greatest distance a wave or vibrating object moves from its resting position, which for sound corresponds to loudness and for light to brightness.
  • magnitude noun The size, scale, or importance of something.

Senses

magnitude is used for these senses in English:

  • amplitude The measure of the size of something, especially its width or breadth; largeness, magnitude.

amplitude — full definition

  1. noun In physics, the greatest distance a wave or vibrating object moves from its resting position, which for sound corresponds to loudness and for light to brightness.
  2. noun The size, range or extent of something.

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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