magnitude
magnitude Lexical Profile
magnitude Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The great size, extent, or scale of something.
"Rescue teams were initially overwhelmed by the sheer magnitude of the flooding across the valley."
Great importance, significance, or consequence.
"A policy shift of this magnitude requires thorough debate and public consultation before being enacted."
A numerical measure of the energy released by an earthquake, or of the brightness of a celestial object on a logarithmic scale.
"Seismographs recorded an earthquake of magnitude 6.4 off the coast early this morning."
The numerical value or size of a mathematical or physical quantity, such as a vector or real number, considered independently of its direction or sign.
"Whereas speed is a scalar that has only magnitude, velocity is a vector defined by both magnitude and direction."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in Middle English from Latin magnitudo ('greatness, bulk, size'), derived from magnus ('great, large') and the abstract noun suffix -tudo.
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