magnitude
/mˈæɡnətˌud/ · 3 syllables
Meaning
noun
- the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)
“they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion” - 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
- relative importance
“a problem of the first magnitude”
Synonyms for magnitude
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