|Origin:||magnitudo, from magnus 'great'|
the great size or importance of something
They didn't seem to appreciate the magnitude of the problem.
of such/this/similar etc magnitude
We did not think the cuts would be of this magnitude.
an increase of this order of magnitude (=size)
2 [countable] technical
the degree of brightness of a star
3 [countable] technical
the force of an earthquake