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Revision as of 11:51, 21 January 2010
Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin magnitudo, from magnus
- Date: 15th century
Definitions
- 1 a : great size or extent b (1) : spatial quality : size (2) : quantity, number
- 2 : the importance, quality, or caliber of something
- 3 : a number representing the intrinsic or apparent brightness of a celestial body on a logarithmic scale in which an increase of one unit corresponds to a reduction in the brightness of light by a factor of 2.512
- 4 : a numerical quantitative measure expressed usually as a multiple of a standard unit
- 5 : the intensity of an earthquake represented by a number on an arbitrary scale <a magnitude six earthquake>
