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magnitude
1 a: great size or extent b
(1): spatial quality : size
(2): quantity, number2: the importance, quality, or caliber of something3: a number representing the intrinsic or apparent brightness of a celestial body on a logarithmic scale in which an increase of one unit corresponds to a reduction in the brightness of light by a factor of 2.5124: a numerical quantitative measure expressed usually as a multiple of a standard unit5: the intensity of an earthquake represented by a number on an arbitrary scale <a magnitude six earthquake>
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