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1. (n.) magnitude
size; extent; dimensions.
2. magnitude
great importance or consequence:
affairs of magnitude.
3. magnitude
greatness of size or amount.
4. magnitude
the brightness of a celestial body as expressed on a logarithmic scale where an increase of 1 equals a reduction in brightness by a factor of 2.512, the sixth magnitude being the dimmest observable with the naked eye.
5. magnitude
a number characteristic of a quantity and forming a basis for comparison with similar quantities, as length.
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| Definition of 'magnitude' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) magnitude
the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)
"they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion"; "about the magnitude of a small pea"
2. (noun) order of magnitude, magnitude
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
3. (noun) magnitude
relative importance
"a problem of the first magnitude"
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1. (noun) magnitude
the importance or seriousness of sth
They were beginning to understand the magnitude of the epidemic.
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| Definition of 'magnitude' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) magnitude
extent of dimensions; size; -- applied to things that have length, breath, and thickness
2. (noun) magnitude
that which has one or more of the three dimensions, length, breadth, and thickness
3. (noun) magnitude
anything of which greater or less can be predicated, as time, weight, force, and the like
4. (noun) magnitude
greatness; grandeur
5. (noun) magnitude
greatness, in reference to influence or effect; importance; as, an affair of magnitude
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Sense: importance
a decision of great magnitude.
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Afrikaans: omvang |
Arabic: جَسامَه، أهميَّه |
Bulgarian: величина |
Brazilian: magnitude |
Czech: důležitost |
German: die Bedeutung |
Danish: vigtighed |
Greek: σπουδαιότητα |
Spanish: magnitud, importancia |
Estonian: tähtsus |
Farsi: اهمیت |
Finnish: merkitys |
French: importance |
Hebrew: חֲשִיבוּת |
Hindi: महत्ता |
Croatian: važnost |
Hungarian: jelentőség |
Indonesian: penting |
Icelandic: mikilvægi |
Italian: importanza |
Japanese: 重要さ |
Korean: 중요성 |
Lithuanian: svarba, reikšmė |
Latvian: svarīgums |
Malay: penting |
Dutch: belangrijkheid |
Norwegian: størrelse, betydning |
Polish: ważność, znaczenie |
Persian: اهمیت |
Pashto: اهميت،غوره والى |
Portuguese: importância |
Romanian: importanţă |
Russian: важность |
Slovak: dôležitosť |
Slovenian: pomen |
Serbian: značaj |
Swedish: betydelse, vikt |
Thai: ความสำคัญ |
Turkish: önem |
Taiwanese: 重要性 |
Ukrainian: важливість, значущість |
Urdu: اہمیت |
Vietnamese: tầm quan trọng |
Chinese: 重要性 |
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