magnitude

English

Etymology

From Latin magnitūdō (“greatness, size”); magni- + -itude

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mæɡnɪtjuːd/

Noun

magnitude (countable and uncountable; plural magnitudes)

1. (uncountable, countable) The absolute or relative size, extent or importance of something.
2. (countable) An order of magnitude.
3. (mathematics) A number, assigned to something, such that it may be compared to others numerically
4. (mathematics) Of a vector, the norm, most commonly, the two-norm.
5. (astronomy) The apparent brightness of a star (on a negative, logarithmic scale); apparent magnitude
6. (seismology) A measure of the energy released by an earthquake (e.g. on the Richter scale).

Derived terms

• order of magnitude
• absolute magnitude
• apparent magnitude

Translations

size etc

• Armenian: մեծություն (hy) (meçut’yun), չափ (hy) (čap’)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大小 (cmn) (dàxiǎo)

• Dutch: grootte (nl) f
• Estonian: suurus (et), ulatus (et), tähtsus (et)
• Finnish: koko (fi), laajuus (fi), merkitys (fi)
• French: ampleur (fr) f
• Italian: vastità (it) f
• Japanese: 大きさ (ja) (おおきさ, ōkisa)
• Polish: wielkość (pl) f

• Portuguese: grandeza (pt) f
• Romanian: mărime (ro) f
• Russian: величина (ru) (veličiná) f, размер (ru) (razmér) m
• Scottish Gaelic: meudachd (gd) f
• Spanish: magnitud (es) f
• Swedish: magnitud (sv) c
• Tajik: бузургӣ (tg) (buzurgī)
• Turkish: şiddet (tr), büyüklük (tr)

number

• Armenian: մեծություն (hy) (meçut’yun)
• Estonian: suurus (et)
• Finnish: suuruus (fi)
• French: grandeur (fr) f
• Japanese: 大きさ (ja) (おおきさ, ōkisa)

• Portuguese: grandeza (pt) f
• Romanian: mărime (ro) f (numerică), cantitate (ro) f
• Spanish: magnitud (es) f
• Swedish: magnitud (sv) c, storlek (sv) c

of a vector

• Finnish: pituus (fi)
• French: grandeur (fr) f
• Japanese: 大きさ (ja) (おおきさ, ōkisa)
• Portuguese: grandeza (pt) f

• Romanian: mărime (ro) f
• Spanish: norma (es) f
• Swedish: magnitud (sv) c, längd (sv) c, norm (sv) c

apparent brighness of a star

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 等級 (cmn), 等级 (cmn) (děngjí), 星等 (cmn) (xīngděng)

• Estonian: tähesuurus (et), magnituud (et)
• Finnish: magnitudi (fi), suuruusluokka (fi), kirkkausaste (fi)
• French: magnitude (fr) f
• Italian: magnitudine (it) f
• Japanese: 等級 (ja) (とうきゅう, tōkyū)
• Polish: wielkość gwiazdowa (pl) f

• Portuguese: grandeza (pt) f
• Romanian: mărime stelară (ro) f, magnitudine (ro) f
• Russian: величина (ru) (veličiná) f, магнитуда (ru) (magnitúda) f
• Spanish: magnitud (es) f
• Swedish: skenbar magnitud (sv) c
• Turkish: kadir (tr)

energy of earthquake

• Armenian: ուժգնություն (hy) (užgnut’yun)
• Bulgarian: магнитуд (bg) (magnitúd) m
• Estonian: magnituud (et)
• Finnish: magnitudi (fi), voimakkuus (fi)
• French: magnitude (fr) f
• Italian: magnitudo (it) f
• Japanese: マグニチュード (ja) (magunichūdo)

• Polish: magnituda (pl) f
• Portuguese: grandeza (pt) f
• Romanian: magnitudine (ro) f (seismic), mărime (ro) f
• Russian: мощность (ru) (móščnostʹ) f, магнитуда (ru) (magnitúda) f
• Spanish: magnitud (es) f
• Swedish: magnitud (sv) c
• Turkish: şiddet (tr)