Rechercher
Sélectionnez la langue du dictionnaire
Magnitude
01
magnitude
the measurable size of phenomena such as distance, mass, speed, luminosity, etc. based on quantitative scale
informations grammaticales
statut d’animéité
abstrait
composition morphologique
composé
dénombrable
forme plurielle
magnitudes
Exemples
The magnitude of the earthquake was measured at 6.7 on the Richter scale, making it a potentially dangerous seismic event.
L'ampleur du tremblement de terre a été mesurée à 6,7 sur l'échelle de Richter, ce qui en fait un événement sismique potentiellement dangereux.
02
importance, ampleur
relative importance
03
magnitude, ordre de grandeur
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
