magnitude
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7.2
- noun
- /ˈmæɡnɪtud/
- Specialized
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- The 5.7-magnitude quake hit New York early this morning.
- orders of magnitude
- two orders of magnitude
- several orders of magnitude
That's, you know, a whole whole bunch of orders of magnitude more so.
- That's, you know, a whole whole bunch of orders of magnitude more so.
- So that means you have no idea that it's like orders of magnitude further away.
- But that's orders of magnitude apart from how human learning happens.
- It's it's orders and orders and orders of magnitude smaller than the other forces.
- I think a big, you know, when I the big, I will answer it with the stair steps of how each order of magnitude changing my income.
- I mean, it's that that sort of order of magnitude.
- Of course, now, you know, I have many millions more orders of magnitude more computing power in my pocket as as do most of you.
Examples
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The magnitude of the earthquake was measured at 6.5 on the Richter scale.
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Scientists reported a magnitude of 7.2 for the earthquake that struck the city last night.
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We just went through an earthquake with a magnitude of like 7 or an 8.
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That is ten orders of magnitude above the largest earthquake ever recorded.
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The Western states had experienced four other quakes of magnitude around 7 since 1980.
Academic text (1993) -
Tens of thousands are feared dead after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake left much of the capital city of Port-au-Prince in ruins.
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Reports from the USGS confirm that at 3:05 PM standard time yesterday, An earthquake, of 6.2 magnitude struck the Northern California areas.
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A magnitude 5.0 earthquake rattled the region, causing minor damage but no injuries.
Synonyms
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5.9
A way to compare how big things are by ten times bigger or smaller
5
8.4
The power you must raise a fixed number to get a given number
A number that shows how something compares to other things
Compounds
- Specialized
16
5.9
A way to compare how big things are by ten times bigger or smaller
- Specialized
1
8.4
How bright a star really is if it were 10 parsecs, about 32 light years, away
How Large
Surface Forms
Morphology
magnitude = magn + tude
The technical sense is built from the same root and suffix; -tude indicates a measure/quality but the root is not a familiar standalone English word, so the morphological cues are limited for average learners.
Etymology
Magnitude also keeps the Latin root magnus ('great') in scientific use, where it names a step on a scale; an 'order of magnitude' means a change of about ten times. That's why this use of magnitude tells you how much larger or smaller one thing is compared to another.