magnitude

/ˈmæɡnɪtjuːd/

noun 5

Collocations

ADJ

considerable, great

sufficient

The earthquake was not of sufficient magnitude to cause serious damage to buildings.

PREP

in ~

The problem turned out to be much larger in magnitude than the company initially realized.

PHRASES

of the first magnitude

The earthquake was a disaster of the first magnitude, affecting millions of people across the region.

(by) an order of magnitude

The cost of the new stadium was an order of magnitude higher than anyone had predicted.

noun

The absolute or relative size, extent or importance of something.

And on a programme of works of this magnitude, passengers will need to be mindful of the age-old maxim of 'no gain without pain'.

An order of magnitude.

A number, assigned to something, such that it may be compared to others numerically

Of a vector, the norm, most commonly, the two-norm.

A logarithmic scale of brightness defined so that a difference of 5 magnitudes is a factor of 100.

And on a programme of works of this magnitude, passengers will need to be mindful of the age-old maxim of 'no gain without pain'.

Wiktionary

Observations in the infrared domain allow one to penetrate the ~25-30 magnitudes of extinction present at visible wavelengths.

Wiktionary

An earthquake of magnitude 5 shook Tokyo.

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I've never seen a pearl of such magnitude!

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This oil field used to produce an order of magnitude more oil as it does now.

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I hadn't realized the magnitude of the problems.

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