magnitude
31magnitude — [14] Magnitude is one of a large family of words for which English is indebted to Latin magnus ‘large’. This goes back to an Indo European *meg or *megh , source also of Greek mégas ‘large’ (from which English gets the prefix mega ) and… …
32magnitude — ALASKA VOLCANO OBSERVATORY GLOSSARY A measure of the size of an earthquake, determined by measuring the highest amplitude waves and correcting for distance and type of instrument. The scale is logarithmic, so each increase of one unit corresponds …
33Magnitude — The brightness of an astronomical object. The brightest star has a magnitude of 1.4, while the faintest visible star s magnitude is 6 …
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34magnitude — [14] Magnitude is one of a large family of words for which English is indebted to Latin magnus ‘large’. This goes back to an Indo European *meg or *megh , source also of Greek mégas ‘large’ (from which English gets the prefix mega ) and… …
35magnitude — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin magnitudo, from magnus Date: 15th century 1. a. great size or extent b. (1) spatial quality ; size (2) quantity, number 2. the importance, quality, or caliber of som …
36magnitude — [ magnɪtju:d] noun 1》 great size, extent, or importance. 2》 size: electorates of less than average magnitude. 3》 Astronomy the brightness of a star, as represented by a number on a logarithmic scale. Origin ME: from L. magnitudo, from magnus… …
37magnitude — noun 1 (U) greatness of size or importance: They didn t seem to appreciate the magnitude of the problem. 2 (C) technical the degree of brightness of a star …
38magnitude — n 1. size, extent, measure, proportions, dimensions; amplitude, volume, mass, bulk. 2. greatness, largeness, bigness; immensity, vastness, enormousness, tremendousness; expanse, boundlessness, infinity. 3. abundance, superabundance, plenitude,… …
39magnitude — didumas statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. magnitude; size vok. Betrag, m; Größe, f rus. величина, f; размер, m pranc. grosseur, f …
40magnitude — reikšmė statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. magnitude; meaning; value vok. Wert, m rus. значение, n pranc. valeur, f …
