Definition of magnitude

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Magnitude (n.) Anything of which greater or less can be predicated, as time, weight, force, and the like..

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Vega :: Vega (n.) A brilliant star of the first magnitude, the brightest of those constituting the constellation Lyra..
Screw :: Screw (n.) A straight line in space with which a definite linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated (cf. 5th Pitch, 10 (b)). It is used to express the displacement of a rigid body, which may always be made to consist of a rotation about an axis combined with a translation parallel to that axis..
Mathematics :: Mathematics (n.) That science, or class of sciences, which treats of the exact relations existing between quantities or magnitudes, and of the methods by which, in accordance with these relations, quantities sought are deducible from other quantities known or supposed; the science of spatial and quantitative relations..
Proportion :: Proportion (n.) The relation or adaptation of one portion to another, or to the whole, as respect magnitude, quantity, or degree; comparative relation; ratio; as, the proportion of the parts of a building, or of the body..
Betelguese :: Betelguese (n.) A bright star of the first magnitude, near one shoulder of Orion..
Vector :: Vector (n.) A directed quantity, as a straight line, a force, or a velocity. Vectors are said to be equal when their directions are the same their magnitudes equal. Cf. Scalar..
Surface :: Surface (n.) A magnitude that has length and breadth without thickness; superficies; as, a plane surface; a spherical surface..
Tremendous :: Tremendous (a.) Fitted to excite fear or terror; such as may astonish or terrify by its magnitude, force, or violence; terrible; dreadful; as, a tremendous wind; a tremendous shower; a tremendous shock or fall..
Lineal :: Lineal (a.) In the direction of a line; of or pertaining to a line; measured on, or ascertained by, a line; linear; as, lineal magnitude..
Equivalent :: Equivalent (a.) Equal in measure but not admitting of superposition; -- applied to magnitudes; as, a square may be equivalent to a triangle..
Size :: Size (n.) Extent of superficies or volume; bulk; bigness; magnitude; as, the size of a tree or of a mast; the size of a ship or of a rock..
Big :: Big (superl.) Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large.
Spherics :: Spherics (n.) The doctrine of the sphere; the science of the properties and relations of the circles, figures, and other magnitudes of a sphere, produced by planes intersecting it; spherical geometry and trigonometry..
Aldebaran :: Aldebaran (n.) A red star of the first magnitude, situated in the eye of Taurus; the Bull's Eye. It is the bright star in the group called the Hyades..
Fomalhaut :: Fomalhaut (n.) A star of the first magnitude, in the constellation Piscis Australis, or Southern Fish..
Regulus :: Regulus (n.) A star of the first magnitude in the constellation Leo; -- called also the Lion's Heart.
Procyon :: Procyon (n.) A star of the first magnitude in the constellation Canis Minor, or the Little Dog..
Sized :: Sized (a.) Having a particular size or magnitude; -- chiefly used in compounds; as, large-sized; common-sized..
Mass :: Mass (n.) Bulk; magnitude; body; size.
Magnitude :: Magnitude (n.) Greatness; grandeur.
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