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English noun: magnitude | |||
| 1. | magnitude (attribute) the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small) | ||
| Samples | They tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion. About the magnitude of a small pea. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | property | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | absolute magnitude, amount, amplitude, bulk, degree, dimension, dimension, extent, intensity, intensity level, mass, muchness, multiplicity, order, order of magnitude, proportion, size, size, strength, triplicity, volume | ||
| Attribute | measurable, mensurable | ||
| 2. | 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 | ||
| Synonyms | order of magnitude | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ratio | ||
| 3. | magnitude (attribute) relative importance | ||
| Samples | A problem of the first magnitude. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | importance | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | extensiveness, largeness | ||
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