magnitude
English Thesaurus
1. the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small) (noun.attribute)
| hypernym | : | property, |
| definition | : | a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | absolute magnitude, |
| definition | : | (astronomy) the magnitude that a star would have if it were viewed from a distance of 10 parsecs (32.62 light years) from the earth (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | dimension, |
| definition | : | the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height) (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | degree, |
| definition | : | the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime) (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | amplitude, |
| definition | : | greatness of magnitude (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | multiplicity, |
| definition | : | the property of being multiple (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | triplicity, |
| definition | : | the property of being triple (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | size, |
| definition | : | the physical magnitude of something (how big it is) (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | size, |
| definition | : | a large magnitude (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | bulk, mass, volume, |
| definition | : | the property of something that is great in magnitude (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | muchness, |
| definition | : | greatness of quantity or measure or extent (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | amount, |
| definition | : | the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | extent, |
| definition | : | the distance or area or volume over which something extends (noun.attribute) |
2. relative importance (noun.attribute)
| hypernym | : | importance, |
| definition | : | the quality of being important and worthy of note (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | extensiveness, largeness, |
| definition | : | large or extensive in breadth or importance or comprehensiveness (noun.attribute) |
3. 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.linkdef)
| hypernym | : | ratio, |
| definition | : | the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient) (noun.linkdef) |
4. the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small) (noun.attribute)
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