Word

magnitude, n.
(magnitudes)
freq. cnt. 17

the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)
<noun.attribute> freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 15

magnitude

sample sentences

"they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion"
"about the magnitude of a small pea"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

magnify magnify

semantic pointers

attribute

measurable, mensurable

hypernym

property

hyponym

absolute magnitude proportion, dimension order, order of magnitude dimension degree amplitude multiplicity triplicity size size volume, mass, bulk muchness intensity, strength, intensity level amount extent

relative importance
<noun.attribute> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

magnitude

sample sentences

"a problem of the first magnitude"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

magnify

semantic pointers

hyponym

largeness, extensiveness

hypernym

importance

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
<noun.relation> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

magnitude order of magnitude

semantic pointers

hypernym

ratio