magnitude汉语翻译：
n. 巨大, 重大, 重要, 大小, 数量, 星等(指星的亮度)
【计】 大小; 值英语解释：
名词 magnitude:

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同义词：order of magnitude

relative importance

例句：

Numerical data linearly ordered by magnitude.按量值大小直线形排列的数字数据

You haven't realized the magnitude of her achievement.你没有认识到她这一成就的重大意义。

The magnitude of the epidemic was frightening.这种流行病传播范围之广令人惶惶不安。

详细解释：
mag.ni.tude
n.Abbr. mag.（名词）缩写 mag.
Greatness of rank or position:
崇高：职务或者地位的重要：
例句：
.such duties as were expected of a landowner of his magnitude.(Anthony Powell)
.应该由地位崇高的地主来担负的责任.(安东尼·鲍威尔)
Greatness in size or extent:
巨大：尺寸或程度上的大：
例句：
The magnitude of the flood was impossible to comprehend.
这场水灾的危害性是无法了解的
Greatness in significance or influence:
重大：意义或者影响上的重大：
例句：
was shocked by the magnitude of the crisis.
被这场危机的严重程度震惊了
Astronomy The degree of brightness of a celestial body designated on a numerical scale, on which the brightest star has magnitude -.4 and the faintest visible star has magnitude ', with the scale rule such that a decrease of one unit represents an increase in apparent brightness by a factor of 2.52.Also called apparent magnitude
【天文学】 星的亮度：用数字化尺度表示出来的一个天体的亮度，最亮的星的星等为-.4；最昏暗的星等为'，在这种度量的规则下，星等减小一个单位表示外观亮度增强2.52倍也作 apparent magnitude
Mathematics
【数学】
A number assigned to a quantity so that it may be compared with other quantities.
量值：用来表示数量多少的一个数字，以便和其他数量作比较
A property that can be quantitatively described, such as the volume of a sphere or the length of a vector.
可量化的值：可以用数字形式描述出来的特性，例如球体的面积或者向量的长度
Geology A measure of the amount of energy released by an earthquake, as indicated on the Richter Scale.
【地质学】 震级：衡量地震释放出能量大小的单位，例如按里氏标准表示出来的级别
来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French [size]
源自 古法语 [尺寸]
from Latin magnitôdô [greatness, size]
源自 拉丁语 magnitôdô [大；大小]
from magnus [great] * see meg-
源自 magnus [大的] *参见 meg-

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