Main entry: magnitude
Definition: the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)
Usage: they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion; about the magnitude of a small pea
Main entry: magnitude
Definition: relative importance
Usage: a problem of the first magnitude
Main entry: magnitude, order of magnitude
Definition: 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