Definition of magnitude

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Definition of magnitude

  • 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 (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. order of magnitude
  • relative importance (noun)

    Examples

    1. a problem of the first magnitude
  • the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small) (noun)

    Examples

    1. they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion
    2. about the magnitude of a small pea

See definition of magnitude in Merriam Webster