Look up magnitude in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Magnitude may refer to: Euclidean vector, a quantity defined by both its magnitude and its direction...

Apparent magnitude (m) is a measure of the brightness of a star, astronomical object or other celestial objects like artificial satellites. Its value...

Order of magnitude is a concept used to discuss the scale of numbers in relation to one another. Two numbers are "within an order of magnitude" of each...

astronomy, absolute magnitude (M) is a measure of the luminosity of a celestial object on an inverse logarithmic astronomical magnitude scale. An object's...

Seismic magnitude scales are used to describe the overall strength or "size" of an earthquake. These are distinguished from seismic intensity scales that...

The Richter scale (/ˈrɪktər/), also called the Richter magnitude scale, Richter's magnitude scale, and the Gutenberg–Richter scale, is a measure of the...

The moment magnitude scale (MMS; denoted explicitly with M or Mw  or Mwg, and generally implied with use of a single M for magnitude) is a measure of...

astronomy, magnitude is a measure of the brightness of an object, usually in a defined passband. An imprecise but systematic determination of the magnitude of...

In mathematics, the magnitude or size of a mathematical object is a property which determines whether the object is larger or smaller than other objects...

extending the binary numeral system to represent signed numbers are: sign–magnitude, ones' complement, two's complement, and offset binary. Some of the alternative...