магниту́да — meaning in English
magnituda
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English meaning
- magnitude noun The size, scale, or importance of something.
Senses
магниту́да is used for these senses in English:
- magnitude (uncountable) The apparent brightness of a star, with lower magnitudes being brighter; apparent magnitude
- magnitude (astronomy) A logarithmic scale of brightness defined so that a difference of 5 magnitudes is a factor of 100.
- magnitude (seismology) A measure of the energy released by an earthquake (e.g. on the Richter scale).
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.