Meaning

7 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The absolute or relative size, extent or importance of something.

    величина́veličiná, разме́рrazmér

    величина́velyčyná

    relative importance

  2. (countable)An order of magnitude.

  3. (countable, uncountable)A number, assigned to something, such that it may be compared to others numerically

    Betrag

    величина́veličiná

  4. (countable, uncountable)Of a vector, the norm, most commonly, the two-norm.

    Betrag

    модульmodulʹ

  5. A logarithmic scale of brightness defined so that a difference of 5 magnitudes is a factor of 100.

    (uncountable)The apparent brightness of a star, with lower magnitudes being brighter; apparent magnitude

    величина́veličiná, магниту́даmagnitúda

  6. (countable)A ratio of intensity expressed as a logarithm.

  7. (countable, uncountable)A measure of the energy released by an earthquake (e.g. on the Richter scale).

    мо́щностьmóščnostʹ, магниту́даmagnitúda

Examples

32 sentences
  1. He realized the magnitude of his crime.

    ruОн осознал размеры своего преступления.

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  2. You need to understand the magnitude of the problem.

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  3. An earthquake of magnitude 5 shook Tokyo.

    deEin Erdbeben der Stärke 5 erschütterte Tokio.

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  4. Few understood the magnitude of the decision.

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  5. I hadn't realized the magnitude of the problems.

    ruЯ не осознавал масштаба проблем.

    deIch hatte die Wichtigkeit des Problems nicht erfasst.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
size, etc.:
Русский
By meaning 4
size, etc.:
of a vector:
apparent brightness of a star:
energy of earthquake:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
number:

Origin

From Latin magnitūdō (“greatness, size”), magnus + -tūdō.

From Latin magnitūdō (“greatness, size”), magnus + -tūdō.

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Forms

plural: magnitudes
Singularmagnitude
Pluralmagnitudes

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • 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:order of magnitude

Word family

13 related words

See also

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