magnitude — meaning in English
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English meaning
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
- 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.
- noun The size, range or extent of something.
magnitude — full definition
- noun The size, scale, or importance of something.
- noun A number on a scale used to measure how strong an earthquake is.
- noun (astronomy) A number on a scale used to measure how bright a star or other object appears.