Definition of magnitudes

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • magnitudes is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 14
  • magnitudes is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 14
  • magnitudes is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 18

Definition of magnitudes


  • 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 (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. order of magnitude
  • relative importance (noun)

    Examples

    1. a problem of the first magnitude
  • the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small) (noun)

    Examples

    1. they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion
    2. about the magnitude of a small pea

See definition of magnitudes in Merriam Webster