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magnitude
Part of speech: NounComparative size or bulk; importance; grandeur; in astronomy, the degree of brightness of a star.
Usage examples "magnitude":- But it is difficult to see stars even of the first magnitude when the sun is up, and thus it happens that the name and fame of this brilliant man are almost lost in the blaze of Newton. - "Pioneers of Science", Oliver Lodge.
- The buildings under three birds, as r r r, extending some distance right and left, and forming a square, are the Military Barracks, built of brick, the largest of which was erected by Lieutenant- Governor Foveaux: This is an extensive well- built place, and was finished in far less time than any building ever begun upon by government in that settlement, considering its magnitude. - "The Present Picture of New South Wales (1811)", David Dickinson Mann.
- That is just a measure of the magnitude of the project we are undertaking. - "Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present", Various.