magnitude

magnitude
magnitude [mag′nə to͞od΄, mag′nətyo͞od΄]
n.
[L magnitudo < magnus, great: see MAGNI-]
1. greatness; specif.,
a) of size
b) of extent
c) of importance or influence
d) Obs. of character
2.
a) size or measurable quantity [the magnitude of a velocity]
b) loudness (of sound)
c) importance or influence
3. Astron. a number representing the apparent brightness of a celestial body: it is part of an unlimited arbitrary scale that ranges from the brightest object, the sun, at -26.72 to the faintest visible object at c. 26: only 22 stars are brighter than 1.5 (first magnitude), while stars c. 6 (sixth magnitude) are barely visible to the naked eye: each increase of one magnitude equals 2.512 times as much brightness (a magnitude increase of 5 is 100 times brighter): see ABSOLUTE MAGNITUDE
4. Geol. a measure of the amount of energy released by an earthquake: see RICHTER SCALE
5. Math. a number given to a quantity for purposes of comparison with other quantities of the same class
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of the first magnitude
of the greatest importance

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