magnitude
The absolute or relative size, extent or importance of something.
Other meanings
An order of magnitude.
A number, assigned to something, such that it may be compared to others numerically
Related words
- macromagnitude
- micromagnitude
- millimagnitude
- pseudomagnitude
- absolute magnitude
- apparent magnitude
- bolometric magnitude
- magnitudinal
- moment magnitude scale
- order of magnitude
- radiometric magnitude
- signed magnitude
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "magnitūdō" (greatness, size).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “magnitude” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.