Word of the Day – December 2, 2019

magnitude

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Definitions

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Noun The property of relative size or extent (whether large or small). (used 3 times in citations and controls)
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Noun Relative importance. (used 39 times in citations and controls)
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Noun 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. (used 0 times in citations and controls)
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Noun (astronomy) the brightness of a star or other object, measured on a logarithmic scale where smaller numbers represent brighter objects; a difference of 5 magnitudes corresponds to a factor of 100 in intensity. (used 0 times in citations and controls)
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Plural magnitudes

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