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MAGNITUDE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)
Example:
about the magnitude of a small pea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("magnitude" is a kind of...):
property (a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class)
Attribute:
measurable; mensurable (capable of being measured)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "magnitude"):
absolute magnitude ((astronomy) the magnitude that a star would have if it were viewed from a distance of 10 parsecs (32.62 light years) from the earth)
dimension; proportion (magnitude or extent)
order; order of magnitude (a degree in a continuum of size or quantity)
dimension (the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height))
degree (the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime))
amplitude (greatness of magnitude)
multiplicity (the property of being multiple)
triplicity (the property of being triple)
size (the physical magnitude of something (how big it is))
size (a large magnitude)
bulk; mass; volume (the property of something that is great in magnitude)
muchness (greatness of quantity or measure or extent)
intensity; intensity level; strength (the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation))
amount (the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion)
extent (the distance or area or volume over which something extends)
Derivation:
magnify (make large)
magnify (increase in size, volume or significance)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Relative importance
Example:
a problem of the first magnitude
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("magnitude" is a kind of...):
importance (the quality of being important and worthy of note)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "magnitude"):
extensiveness; largeness (large or extensive in breadth or importance or comprehensiveness)
Derivation:
magnify (increase in size, volume or significance)
Sense 3
Meaning:
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:
magnitude; order of magnitude
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("magnitude" is a kind of...):
ratio (the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient))
Context examples:
After two decades of relative stability, the magnitude of the glaciers' acceleration was unexpected.
(Wind, Warm Water Revved Up Melting Antarctic Glaciers, NASA)
Two offenses of a very different nature, and by no means of equal magnitude, you last night laid to my charge.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
During a four-day experiment in Monterey Bay, the scientists recorded a 3.5 magnitude quake and seismic scattering from underwater fault zones.
(Underwater telecom cables make superb seismic network, National Science Foundation)
The dog came bounding back, and seeing his master in a predicament, and hearing the horse groan, barked till the evening hills echoed the sound, which was deep in proportion to his magnitude.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
A type of analysis that determine the significance and/or magnitude of the difference between groups.
(Class Comparison, NCI Thesaurus)
I cannot think of it with any patience; and it does appear to me an evil of such magnitude as must, if possible, be prevented.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
The determination of the amount or magnitude of the platelet aggregation present in a sample.
(Platelet Aggregation Amplitude Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)
A measurement of the magnitude of the platelet aggregation in a biological specimen.
(Platelet Aggregation Amplitude Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
NGTS-1 is a relatively dim red M-dwarf, which are very common in the universe, of apparent magnitude 15.52 ± 0.08.
(Astronomers report dwarf star with unexpectedly giant planet, Wikinews)
Mid-way between small and large in number, quantity, magnitude or extent.
(Medium, NCI Thesaurus)
