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Meanings of magnitude in English

Russian
магнитуда
Portuguese
magnitude sísmica
Spanish
escalas de magnitud sísmica

Magnitude of an earthquake.

        магнитуда
        Russian
        величина
        Portuguese
        magnitude
        Spanish
        valor numerico
        Catalan
        magnitud

        Mathematical concept related to comparison and ordering.

              Related terms
              величина
              Portuguese
              ordem de magnitude
              Spanish
              magnitud

              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.

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                    ordem de magnitude
                    Usage of magnitude in English
                    1
                    The current dislocation, however, is by a much larger order of magnitude.
                    Reuters
                    2
                    Conclusion: The magnitude of alcohol abuse was related to increased WMSH volume.
                    Pubmed
                    3
                    Around the 2008 crisis, moves of such magnitude occurred over three years.
                    Reuters
                    4
                    An attack of even greater magnitude is now possible and even probable.
                    The Irish Times
                    5
                    Let the debate begin over the precise magnitude of Catriona Matthew's achievement.
                    The Guardian
                    6
                    The slightest error will assume magnitude towards the extremities of the aeroplane.
                    The Aeroplane Speaks
                    7
                    In addition, gender differences were noted that may contribute to risk magnitude.
                    Pubmed
                    8
                    This magnitude of the food effect is unlikely to be clinically important.
                    Pubmed
                    9
                    Sensitivity to magnitude ratio, however, fell short of sensitivity to reinforcer-rate ratio.
                    Pubmed
                    10
                    The magnitude four point one quake shook the city just after midnight.
                    Radio NZ
                    11
                    Column 6: Crossed, in a Single Series, arranged in order of magnitude.
                    The Effects of Cross & Self-Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingd...
                    12
                    Average induction magnitude was invariant with age for both test field heights.
                    Pubmed
                    13
                    Second, to use magnitude, you have to convert to real things first.
                    Wired
                    14
                    Crude hospital case fatality rate is of the same magnitude as ebola.
                    News.com.au
                    15
                    As a grandiose self-deception, war is o' the same magnitude as religion.
                    Jitterbug Perfume
                    16
                    He is in the hands of a bore of the first magnitude.
                    Horace
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                    Catalan
                    magnitud
                    Magnitude through the time
                    Magnitude across language varieties
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                    Ireland
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