micromagnitude

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

micro- +‎ magnitude

Noun[edit]

micromagnitude (plural micromagnitudes)

  1. Very small magnitude
    • 2015, P. De Cat, J.N. Fu, A.B. Ren, X.H. Yang, J.R. Shi, A.L. Luo, M. Yang, J.L. Wang, H.T. Zhang, H.M. Shi, W. Zhang, Subo Dong, G. Catanzaro, C.J. Corbally, A. Frasca, R.O. Gray, J. Molenda-Zakowicz, K. Uytterhoeven, M. Briquet, H. Bruntt, S. Frandsen, L. Kiss, D.W. Kurtz, M. Marconi, E. Niemczura, R.H. Oestensen, V. Ripepi, B. Smalley, J. Southworth, R. Szabo, J.H. Telting, C. Karoff, V. Silva Aguirre, Y. Wu, Y.H. Hou, G. Jin, X.L. Zhou, “LAMOST observations in the Kepler field. Database of low-resolution spectra”, in arXiv[1]:
      The nearly continuous light curves with micromagnitude precision provided by the space mission Kepler are revolutionising our view of pulsating stars.