Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - magnitude
Magnitude
magnitude
n. 1 largeness. 2 size. 3 importance. 4 a the degree of brightness of a star (see also absolute magnitude, apparent magnitude). b a class of stars arranged according to this (of the third magnitude). Phrases and idioms of the first magnitude very important. Etymology: ME f. L magnitudo f. magnus great
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noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin magnitudo, from magnus Date: 15th century 1. great size or extent, b. spatial quality ; size, quantity, number, the importance, quality, or caliber of something, a number representing the intrinsic or apparent brightness of a celestial body on a logarithmic scale in which an increase of one unit corresponds to a reduction in the brightness of light by a factor of 2.512, a numerical quantitative measure expressed usually as a multiple of a standard unit, the intensity of an earthquake represented by a number on an arbitrary scale ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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