noun🔗ShareThe absolute or relative size, extent or importance of something."The magnitudes of the students' test scores varied greatly, with some earning perfect scores and others failing. "amountnumbermathstatisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn order of magnitude."The difference in cost between a bicycle and a car can be several magnitudes. "numbermathscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA number, assigned to something, such that it may be compared to others numerically"The earthquake's magnitudes on the Richter scale helped scientists compare the severity of different tremors. "mathnumberamountscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareOf a vector, the norm, most commonly, the two-norm."The magnitudes of the forces involved in pushing the stalled car were calculated to determine if enough people were helping. "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 telescope allowed us to see stars with magnitudes too faint to be seen with the naked eye, revealing objects much dimmer than those visible without help. "astronomyphysicsnumbermathscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA measure of the energy released by an earthquake (e.g. on the Richter scale)."The news reported that the earthquakes yesterday were of magnitudes 4.2 and 5.8. "geologydisasterenergysciencephenomenaChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
