magnitude
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
magnitude /ˈmagnɪtjuːd/
▶noun
- 1 great size, extent, or importance.
- 2 size: electorates of less than average magnitude.
- 3 Astronomy the brightness of a star, as represented by a number on a logarithmic scale.
– origin ME: from L. magnitudo, from magnus ‘great’.
'magnitude' also found in these Oxford entries:
absolute magnitude
- absolute value
- amplitude
- anisotropic
- antisymmetric
- apparent magnitude
- Archimedes' principle
- bulk
- dipole moment
- first
- free vector
- gradient
- hodograph
- index
- isotropic
- kelvin
- mag
- main sequence
- median
- order of magnitude
- point
- proton
- quantum
- Richter scale
- scalar
- size
- spike
- strain
- stress
- tension
- triangle of forces
- value
- vector
- viscosity
