The absolute or relative size, extent or importance of something.
the property of relative size or extent; "they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion"
relative importance: "a problem of the first magnitude"
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
relative importance; "a problem of the first magnitude"
the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)