the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small);
"they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion"
"about the magnitude of a small pea"
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
relative importance;
"a problem of the first magnitude"
magnitude的用法和样例:
例句
用作名词 (n.)
I want to know the magnitude of this equipment. 我想知道这个设备的大小。
The magnitude of the epidemic was frightening. 这种流行病传播范围之广令人惶惶不安。
I had not realized the magnitude of the problem. 我没意识到这个问题的重要性。
The main quake was estimated at magnitude 6.6. 据估计主震区的震级有6.
Stars of the first magnitude are the brightest. 第一等级的星是最明亮的。