Magnitude
noun
The size, length, or amount of something.
The earthquake was of such magnitude that it was felt in countries hundreds of miles away.
Often appears as...
- magnitude of the problem
- magnitude of the task
noun
The degree of brightness of a star.
The star Betelgeuse has a magnitude of about 0.5.
Often appears as...
- magnitude of the star
- apparent magnitude
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Technical
noun
The measurement of an earthquake's strength.
The magnitude of the earthquake was 7.1 on the Richter scale.
Often appears as...
- magnitude of the earthquake
- richter magnitude
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Technical
noun
The importance, seriousness, or notable quality of something.
We didn't realize the magnitude of the situation until it was too late.
Often appears as...
- magnitude of the situation
- appreciate the magnitude
noun
The size, length, or amount of something.
The earthquake was of such magnitude that it was felt in countries hundreds of miles away.
Often appears as...
- magnitude of the problem
- magnitude of the task
noun
The degree of brightness of a star.
The star Betelgeuse has a magnitude of about 0.5.
Often appears as...
- magnitude of the star
- apparent magnitude
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The measurement of an earthquake's strength.
The magnitude of the earthquake was 7.1 on the Richter scale.
Often appears as...
- magnitude of the earthquake
- richter magnitude
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The importance, seriousness, or notable quality of something.
We didn't realize the magnitude of the situation until it was too late.
Often appears as...
- magnitude of the situation
- appreciate the magnitude
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Pro Tip 1/3Comparative Context
Use to compare when discussing scope or scale of various entities.
The magnitude of his achievements outweighs any of his failures.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Physical
It can describe abstract concepts, not just physical size.
The magnitude of her compassion is immeasurable.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Understatement
Ensure the context truly reflects a substantial degree or amount.
The magnitude of the disaster prompted a global response.
Pro Tip 1/3Comparative Context
Use to compare when discussing scope or scale of various entities.
The magnitude of his achievements outweighs any of his failures.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Physical
It can describe abstract concepts, not just physical size.
The magnitude of her compassion is immeasurable.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Understatement
Ensure the context truly reflects a substantial degree or amount.
The magnitude of the disaster prompted a global response.
Pro Tip 1/3Comparative Context
Use to compare when discussing scope or scale of various entities.
The magnitude of his achievements outweighs any of his failures.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Physical
It can describe abstract concepts, not just physical size.
The magnitude of her compassion is immeasurable.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Understatement
Ensure the context truly reflects a substantial degree or amount.
The magnitude of the disaster prompted a global response.
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Is it possible to create...
They're also the center of one of the greatest scientific mysteries of our time because according to the current theories, the quantum fluctuations in the vacuum of space ought to have 120 orders of magnitude more energy than we observe. Solving the mystery of that missing energy may entirely rewrite our understanding of physics and the universe.
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Making waves: The power...
move passively out of your lungs and into your blood stream. We know that the world is filled with complex physical problems, but sometimes the first step towards understanding them can be simple. So when you confront the magnitude of the ocean's currents, or have to figure out how electricity works, remember not to panic.
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The mighty mathematics...
while your friend's weight provides the resistance force. What Archimedes learned was that there is an important relationship between the magnitudes of these forces and their distances from the fulcrum. The lever is balanced when the product of the effort force and the length of the effort arm
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Elon Musk: A future...
Well, we're currently expecting to make a booster and a ship roughly every, well, initially, roughly every couple of months, and then hopefully by the end of this year, one every month. So it's giant rockets, and a lot of them. Just talking in terms of rough orders of magnitude,
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How Drones Are Helping...
Being an aerial cinematographer, I understand the magnitude of how big these natural disasters are getting now. So for me, it's you know most important, I think, is, setting aside this habitat for animals and trying to protect what we have remaining and quit logging them,
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Is there a limit to...
We've currently touched the atomic level, though our control remains limited. But we potentially could go much smaller in the future. To get a sense of the extent to which that's true, the observable universe is 26 orders of magnitude larger than a human body.
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How Quantum Biology...
But it means I study the very smallest structures in the universe -- the building blocks of reality. If we think about the scale of size, start with an everyday object like the tennis ball, and just go down orders of magnitude in size --
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Avoiding desertification...
is not on our side we have all the money in the world we don't have time the climate change desertification biodiversity loss these are so serious that people are not comprehending the magnitude of it yet
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Why the universe seems...
Why, then, do rocks look and feel solid and hard and impenetrable? As an evolutionary biologist, I'd say our brains have evolved to help us survive within the orders of magnitude, of size and speed
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Rare Video: Japan...
walls and into cities this video shows the water rushing over an 18-foot seawall in the comedy city the seawall here was the world's deepest and largest but not enough for the magnitude of the
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Is it possible to create...
They're also the center of one of the greatest scientific mysteries of our time because according to the current theories, the quantum fluctuations in the vacuum of space ought to have 120 orders of magnitude more energy than we observe. Solving the mystery of that missing energy may entirely rewrite our understanding of physics and the universe.
Video examples
Making waves: The power...
move passively out of your lungs and into your blood stream. We know that the world is filled with complex physical problems, but sometimes the first step towards understanding them can be simple. So when you confront the magnitude of the ocean's currents, or have to figure out how electricity works, remember not to panic.
Video examples
The mighty mathematics...
while your friend's weight provides the resistance force. What Archimedes learned was that there is an important relationship between the magnitudes of these forces and their distances from the fulcrum. The lever is balanced when the product of the effort force and the length of the effort arm
Video examples
Elon Musk: A future...
Well, we're currently expecting to make a booster and a ship roughly every, well, initially, roughly every couple of months, and then hopefully by the end of this year, one every month. So it's giant rockets, and a lot of them. Just talking in terms of rough orders of magnitude,
Video examples
How Drones Are Helping...
Being an aerial cinematographer, I understand the magnitude of how big these natural disasters are getting now. So for me, it's you know most important, I think, is, setting aside this habitat for animals and trying to protect what we have remaining and quit logging them,
Video examples
Is there a limit to...
We've currently touched the atomic level, though our control remains limited. But we potentially could go much smaller in the future. To get a sense of the extent to which that's true, the observable universe is 26 orders of magnitude larger than a human body.
Video examples
How Quantum Biology...
But it means I study the very smallest structures in the universe -- the building blocks of reality. If we think about the scale of size, start with an everyday object like the tennis ball, and just go down orders of magnitude in size --
Video examples
Avoiding desertification...
is not on our side we have all the money in the world we don't have time the climate change desertification biodiversity loss these are so serious that people are not comprehending the magnitude of it yet
Video examples
Why the universe seems...
Why, then, do rocks look and feel solid and hard and impenetrable? As an evolutionary biologist, I'd say our brains have evolved to help us survive within the orders of magnitude, of size and speed
Video examples
Rare Video: Japan...
walls and into cities this video shows the water rushing over an 18-foot seawall in the comedy city the seawall here was the world's deepest and largest but not enough for the magnitude of the
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Vince Lombardi
American Coach
Character is just another word for having a perfectly disciplined and educated will. A person can make his own character by blending these elements with an intense desire to achieve excellence. Everyone is different in what I will call magnitude, but the capacity to achieve character is still the same.
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James C. Maxwell
Scottish Mathematician
Every existence above a certain rank has its singular points; the higher the rank the more of them. At these points, influences whose physical magnitude is too small to be taken account of by a finite being may produce results of the greatest importance.
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Paul McGann
English Actor
I'm not a sci-fi lover; I wasn't from the start. So perhaps I miss that passion for other worlds, other dimensions, that sort of scope and that magnitude of storytelling; that's not my thing though I meet plenty of people whose thing it definitely is.
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Katherine Moennig
American Actress
It's very interesting how life imitates art, and art imitates life; I find, whenever I read scenes of some magnitude, I'm like, 'Oh, I feel like I've experienced this,' or 'I am experiencing this,' or 'I might start to experience it soon.
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Georges Duhamel
French Novelist
Let us lose none of their humble words, let us note their slightest gestures, and tell me, tell me that we will think of them together, now and later, when we realise the misery of the times and the magnitude of their sacrifice.
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Russell M. Nelson
American Clergyman
I feel impressed to counsel those engaged in personal challenges to do right. In particular, my heart reaches out to those who feel discouraged by the magnitude of their struggle.
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Zach Johnson
American Athlete
When you're trying to accomplish lofty goals, and when you're attacking something of great magnitude, you have to have help.
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Robert Kennedy
American Politician
Wars of any magnitude release powerful social and economic forces which can change the whole face of the world.
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Jose Eduardo dos Santos
Statesman
It is often said that the magnitude of a people is measured by their ability to know how to win.
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Dan Quayle
American Vice President
I couldn't help but be impressed by the magnitude of the earthquake.
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Vince Lombardi
American Coach
Character is just another word for having a perfectly disciplined and educated will. A person can make his own character by blending these elements with an intense desire to achieve excellence. Everyone is different in what I will call magnitude, but the capacity to achieve character is still the same.
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James C. Maxwell
Scottish Mathematician
Every existence above a certain rank has its singular points; the higher the rank the more of them. At these points, influences whose physical magnitude is too small to be taken account of by a finite being may produce results of the greatest importance.
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Paul McGann
English Actor
I'm not a sci-fi lover; I wasn't from the start. So perhaps I miss that passion for other worlds, other dimensions, that sort of scope and that magnitude of storytelling; that's not my thing though I meet plenty of people whose thing it definitely is.
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Katherine Moennig
American Actress
It's very interesting how life imitates art, and art imitates life; I find, whenever I read scenes of some magnitude, I'm like, 'Oh, I feel like I've experienced this,' or 'I am experiencing this,' or 'I might start to experience it soon.
Quote examples
Georges Duhamel
French Novelist
Let us lose none of their humble words, let us note their slightest gestures, and tell me, tell me that we will think of them together, now and later, when we realise the misery of the times and the magnitude of their sacrifice.
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Russell M. Nelson
American Clergyman
I feel impressed to counsel those engaged in personal challenges to do right. In particular, my heart reaches out to those who feel discouraged by the magnitude of their struggle.
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Zach Johnson
American Athlete
When you're trying to accomplish lofty goals, and when you're attacking something of great magnitude, you have to have help.
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Robert Kennedy
American Politician
Wars of any magnitude release powerful social and economic forces which can change the whole face of the world.
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Jose Eduardo dos Santos
Statesman
It is often said that the magnitude of a people is measured by their ability to know how to win.
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Dan Quayle
American Vice President
I couldn't help but be impressed by the magnitude of the earthquake.
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