magnitude

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The absolute or relative size, extent or importance of something.

   “And on a programme of works of this magnitude, passengers will need to be mindful of the age-old maxim of 'no gain without pain'.”

2. isim An order of magnitude.
3. isim A number, assigned to something, such that it may be compared to others numerically
4. isim Of a vector, the norm, most commonly, the two-norm.
5. isim The apparent brightness of a star, with lower magnitudes being brighter; apparent magnitude
6. isim A ratio of intensity expressed as a logarithm.

   “Observations in the infrared domain allow one to penetrate the ~25-30 magnitudes of extinction present at visible wavelengths.”

7. isim A measure of the energy released by an earthquake (e.g. on the Richter scale).