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Magnitude means how big or important something is. Scientists use it to measure the strength of earthquakes — 'a magnitude 7 earthquake' is much stronger than a 'magnitude 4' one. also use it to describe how bright a star looks. In everyday talk, people use 'magnitude' to mean the size or seriousness of a problem or event, like 'we didn't realize the magnitude of the damage until later.'
規模、強度（如地震規模）；重要程度
組成From Latin 'magnus,' meaning great or big.
同家族的字
- magnifyshares the Latin root 'magn-,' meaning great or large
原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
magnitudenoun/ˈmæɡnɪtjuːd/
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The absolute or relative size, extent or importance of something.
- And on a programme of works of this magnitude, passengers will need to be mindful of the age-old maxim of 'no gain without pain'.
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An order of magnitude.
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mathematicssciencesA number, assigned to something, such that it may be compared to others numerically
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mathematicssciencesOf a vector, the norm, most commonly, the two-norm.
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astronomynatural-sciencesA logarithmic scale of brightness defined so that a difference of 5 magnitudes is a factor of 100.
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astronomynatural-sciencesA logarithmic scale of brightness defined so that a difference of 5 magnitudes is a factor of 100.
- Observations in the infrared domain allow one to penetrate the ~25-30 magnitudes of extinction present at visible wavelengths.
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geographygeologynatural-sciencesA measure of the energy released by an earthquake (e.g. on the Richter scale).
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。