magnitude
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(noun) the property of relative size or extent; "they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion" |
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Related Words: amount, amplitude, bulk, degree, dimension, extent, grade, level, mass, measure, measurement, muchness, multiplicity, order, order of magnitude, property, proportion, size, volume |
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(noun) relative importance: "a problem of the first magnitude" |
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Related Words: importance |
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(noun) 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 |
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Synonyms: order of magnitude |
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Related Words: ratio |
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