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'magnitude' in a sentence

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magnitude noun

: the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)

: 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 massive earthquake of magnitude 8.8 hit the Japanese islands today.
  • I've never seen a pearl of such magnitude!
  • He realized the magnitude of his crime.
  • I hadn't realized the magnitude of the problems.
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