MAGNITUDE

• (noun) the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)

  "they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion", "about the magnitude of a small pea"

• (noun) relative importance

  "a problem of the first magnitude"

  The magnitude of the problem did not hit them until John made them realize it. -added by naila_inlas

• (noun) 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

  synonyms : order of magnitude

  The numbers on the list were of the same order of magnitude. -added by naila_inlas

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