magnitude in English

noun
1
the great size or extent of something.
they may feel discouraged at the magnitude of the task before them
2
size.
electorates of less than average magnitude
3
the degree of brightness of a star. The magnitude of an astronomical object is now reckoned as the negative logarithm of the brightness; a decrease of one magnitude represents an increase in brightness of 2.512 times. A star with an apparent magnitude of six is barely visible to the naked eye.
Mars now appears as a moderately bright yellowish-orange star of magnitude + 1.2.

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1. The AB magnitude system is an astronomical magnitude system.

2. It has apparent magnitude 5.88 and absolute magnitude 2.10.

3. Magnitude and Intensity

4. Absolute magnitude (H)

5. Absolute magnitude (H

6. Descriptor Magnitude Average Annually

7. The earthquake had an estimated magnitude of 7.2 ± 0.3 on the surface wave magnitude scale.

8. Its apparent magnitude is 4.51.

9. Its absolute magnitude is 8.50.

10. Brachium visual magnitude is 3.29

11. Its apparent magnitude is 6.00.

12. The absolute magnitude of Orcus is approximately 2.3 (comparable with 50000 Quaoar's absolute magnitude of 2.6).

13. The main shock had a magnitude of 7.4 calculated as the 'unified magnitude' using the 'Soviet Method'.

14. λ Aquarii visual magnitude is 3.74

15. ι Apodis visual magnitude is 5.41

16. ζ Apodis visual magnitude is 4.78

17. The effects were substantial in magnitude.

18. Sadalsuud has an apparent magnitude of 2.87, slightly surpassing Sadalmelik / Alpha Aquarii, which is at magnitude 2.94.

19. The symbol for apparent photographic magnitude is mpg and the symbol for absolute photographic magnitude is Mpg.

20. 53 Arietis visual magnitude is 6.11

21. 15 Aquilae visual magnitude is 5.42

22. Since the magnitude of the Aberration …

23. It reached an estimated magnitude of −17.

24. Please consider the magnitude of this promise:

25. The magnitude of the epidemic was frightening.

26. The galaxy color–magnitude diagram shows the relationship between absolute magnitude (a measure of luminosity) and mass of galaxies.

27. Two stars have the same absolute magnitude.

28. To the naked eye, orange-yellow Arcturus has a visual magnitude of -0.04, making it the brightest star north of the celestial equator, and the fourth brightest star in the night sky, after -1.46 magnitude Sirius, -0.86 magnitude Canopus and Ð0.27 magnitude Alpha Centauri.

29. Therefore, torques of the same magnitude for accelerations of the same magnitude in opposite directions act on the acceleration sensor.

30. It has an absolute magnitude of 13.8.

31. At magnitude 1.5, Epsilon ([epsilon]) Canis Majoris, more commonly known as Adhara, is the Brightest of all 2nd-magnitude stars.

32. Absolute magnitude (M) is a measure of the luminosity of a celestial object, on an inverse logarithmic astronomical magnitude scale

33. Its absolute magnitude was calculated to be -19.8.

34. This was a loss of the greatest magnitude.

35. I hadn't realized the magnitude of the problem.

36. The Milky Way absolute visual magnitude is -20.6.

37. One system uses absolute magnitude, a measure of luminosity derived from the apparent magnitude, or brightness of the star seen from Earth.

38. Sheer orders of magnitude matter, and the orders of magnitude do not come down on the side of the real-balance effect.

39. Most will be of greater magnitude than camping.

40. May 1974 : magnitude quake hits Sichuan and Yunnan .

41. Stars of the first magnitude are the brightest.

42. This data reflects the magnitude of the problem.

43. You don't appreciate the magnitude of her achievement.

44. Auriga is a bright constellation that is easily identified, as its distinctive pentagon shape contains one first magnitude and four second magnitude stars

45. The total nebula shines at the apparent magnitude of +10.1 with its central star or planetary nebula nucleus (PNN) at +15.9v (16.1B) magnitude.

46. Only earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above are included.

47. I want to know the magnitude of this equipment.

48. We did not realize the magnitude of the problem.

49. 3 The auditorium is a building of great magnitude.

50. Can anyone stand this magnitude of hypocrisy and idiocy?