noun🔗ShareThe absolute or relative size, extent or importance of something."The magnitude of the earthquake caused significant damage to the city. "amountvaluenumberdegreestatisticsmathsciencephysicsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn order of magnitude."The earthquake's magnitude was 7.0, meaning the shaking was significantly stronger than one of magnitude 5.0. "numbermathscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA number, assigned to something, such that it may be compared to others numerically"The magnitude of the earthquake was measured at 6.8 on the Richter scale. "numbermathamountChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareOf a vector, the norm, most commonly, the two-norm."The magnitude of the earthquake's tremor was 6.8 on the Richter scale. "mathphysicsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA logarithmic scale of brightness defined so that a difference of 5 magnitudes is a factor of 100."The star's magnitude was significantly lower than expected, meaning it was much dimmer. "astronomyphysicsnumbermathscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA measure of the energy released by an earthquake (e.g. on the Richter scale)."The earthquake's magnitude was 6.5, causing significant damage to the city. "geologyphysicsdisasterenergyscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
