ALL meanings of magnitude
mag·ni·tude
M m - noun magnitude size; extent; dimensions: to determine the magnitude of an angle. 1
- noun magnitude great importance or consequence: affairs of magnitude. 1
- noun magnitude greatness of size or amount. 1
- noun magnitude moral greatness: magnitude of mind. 1
- noun magnitude Astronomy. Also called visual magnitude, apparent magnitude. the brightness of a star or other celestial body as viewed by the unaided eye and expressed by a mathematical ratio of 2.512: a star of the first magnitude is approximately 2½ times as bright as one of the second magnitude and 100 times brighter than one of the sixth magnitude. Only stars of the sixth magnitude or brighter can be seen with the unaided eye. absolute magnitude. 1
- noun magnitude Mathematics. a number characteristic of a quantity and forming a basis for comparison with similar quantities, as length. 1
- idioms magnitude of the first magnitude, of utmost or major importance: an artist of the first magnitude. 1
- noun magnitude The great size or extent of something. 1
- noun magnitude importance 1
- noun magnitude size 1
- noun magnitude number 1
- noun magnitude astronomy 1
- noun magnitude earthquake 1
- noun magnitude a measure of the amount of energy released by an earthquake 0
- noun magnitude a number given to a quantity for purposes of comparison with other quantities of the same class 0
- uncountable noun magnitude If you talk about the magnitude of something, you are talking about its great size, scale, or importance. 0
- variable noun magnitude Magnitude is used in stating the size or extent of something such as a star, earthquake, or explosion. 0
- noun magnitude relative importance or significance 0
- noun magnitude relative size or extent 0
- noun magnitude a number assigned to a quantity, such as weight, and used as a basis of comparison for the measurement of similar quantities 0
- noun magnitude the apparent brightness of a celestial body expressed on a numerical scale on which bright stars have a low value. Values are measured by eye (visual magnitude) or more accurately by photometric or photographic methods, and range from –26.7 (the sun), through 1.5 (Sirius), down to about +30. Each integral value represents a brightness 2.512 times greater than the next highest integral value 0
- noun magnitude a measure of the size of an earthquake based on the quantity of energy released: specified on the Richter scale 0
- noun magnitude greatness 0
- noun magnitude of size 0
- noun magnitude of extent 0
- noun magnitude of importance or influence 0
- noun magnitude of character 0
- noun magnitude size or measurable quantity 0
- noun magnitude loudness (of sound) 0
- noun magnitude importance or influence 0
- noun magnitude a number representing the apparent brightness of a celestial body: it is part of an unlimited arbitrary scale that ranges from the brightest object, the sun, at -26.72 to the faintest visible object at c. 26: only 22 stars are brighter than 1.5 (first magnitude), while stars c. 6 (sixth magnitude) are barely visible to the naked eye: each increase of one magnitude equals 2.512 times as much brightness (a magnitude increase of 5 is 100 times brighter) 0