magnitude

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noun

1. the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small) (Freq. 15)
- they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion
- about the magnitude of a small pea
• Derivationally related forms:
magnify
• Hypernyms:
property
• Hyponyms:
absolute magnitude, proportion, dimension, order, order of magnitude,
degree, amplitude, multiplicity, triplicity, size, bulk,
mass, volume, muchness, intensity, strength, intensity level,
amount, extent
• Attrubites:
measurable, mensurable
2. 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 (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
order of magnitude
• Hypernyms:
ratio
3. relative importance (Freq. 1)
- a problem of the first magnitude
• Derivationally related forms:
magnify
• Hypernyms:
importance
• Hyponyms:
largeness, extensiveness