magnitude
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
Britannica Dictionary definition of MAGNITUDE
1
[noncount]
:
the size, extent, or importance of something
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The country's small army would be crushed in a war of such magnitude. [=in such a large war]
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At this point no one really knows the true/real magnitude [=scale] of the problem.
2
[count, noncount]
technical
a
:
a number that shows the brightness of a star
b
:
a number that shows the power of an earthquake
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a magnitude 6.7 earthquake = an earthquake of magnitude 6.7
