Magnitude
Magnitude by grizzyGRIND March 23, 2011
Magnitude
1. Size; extent; dimensions: to determine the magnitude of an angle.
2. Great importance or consequence: affairs of magnitude.
3. Greatness of size or amount.
4. Moral greatness: magnitude of mind.
5. Astronomy.
In mathematics:
- Magnitude (mathematics), the relative size of a mathematical object.
- Magnitude (vector), a term for the size or length of a vector.
- Scalar (mathematics), a quantity defined only by its magnitude.
- Euclidean vector, a quantity defined by both its magnitude and its direction.
- Order of magnitude, the class of scale having a fixed value ratio to the preceding class.
In astronomy:
- Magnitude (astronomy), a measure of brightness and brightness differences used in astronomy.
- Apparent magnitude, the apparent brightness of a celestial object as observed from Earth.
- Absolute magnitude, the brightness of a celestial object corrected to a standard luminosity distance.
- Photographic magnitude, the brightness of a celestial object corrected for photographic sensitivity, symbol mpg
- Magnitude of eclipse or geometric magnitude, the size of the eclipsed part of the Sun during a solar eclipse or the Moon during a lunar eclipse.
As an earthquake unit of measure:
- Richter magnitude scale,a measure of the energy of an earthquake.
- Moment magnitude scale, an alternative to the Richter scale for measuring earthquakes.
2. Great importance or consequence: affairs of magnitude.
3. Greatness of size or amount.
4. Moral greatness: magnitude of mind.
5. Astronomy.
In mathematics:
- Magnitude (mathematics), the relative size of a mathematical object.
- Magnitude (vector), a term for the size or length of a vector.
- Scalar (mathematics), a quantity defined only by its magnitude.
- Euclidean vector, a quantity defined by both its magnitude and its direction.
- Order of magnitude, the class of scale having a fixed value ratio to the preceding class.
In astronomy:
- Magnitude (astronomy), a measure of brightness and brightness differences used in astronomy.
- Apparent magnitude, the apparent brightness of a celestial object as observed from Earth.
- Absolute magnitude, the brightness of a celestial object corrected to a standard luminosity distance.
- Photographic magnitude, the brightness of a celestial object corrected for photographic sensitivity, symbol mpg
- Magnitude of eclipse or geometric magnitude, the size of the eclipsed part of the Sun during a solar eclipse or the Moon during a lunar eclipse.
As an earthquake unit of measure:
- Richter magnitude scale,a measure of the energy of an earthquake.
- Moment magnitude scale, an alternative to the Richter scale for measuring earthquakes.
- Hence, ' things by removal ' may be one way of explaining perceptible magnitudes qua lengths.
- You cannot visit the Eden Project without being amazed at the sheer magnitude of it all.
- There is a great increase in the number and magnitude of earthquakes, many centered in the localities of the wars and fighting.
- You cannot visit the Eden Project without being amazed at the sheer magnitude of it all.
- There is a great increase in the number and magnitude of earthquakes, many centered in the localities of the wars and fighting.
Magnitude by ScreenFreak December 12, 2010
Related Words
magnitude!
With Magnitude: Used to greatly emphasize how you do something or how great something is. The term is derived from Despicable Me's Vector, as he states "I am committing crime with both direction and magnitude!"
"I work hard, I always get things done with magnitude!"
"My phone has a camera, a great CPU, and magnitude!"
"Ryan is a great guy, he's got magnitude!"
"My phone has a camera, a great CPU, and magnitude!"
"Ryan is a great guy, he's got magnitude!"
magnitude! by ButHonestlyWhyThough January 13, 2020
orders of magnitude
A hyperbolical and completely unnecessary adverbial phrase in techie or business-speak that simply means "much" or "considerably".
"I think we would like it to be more reliable," Katz-Bassett said. "It's orders of magnitude less reliable than the telephone network right now. I think it should be pretty possible to get it closer."
(From a Yahoo! news report)
(From a Yahoo! news report)
orders of magnitude by sayasan April 12, 2008