noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
order of magnitude
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That was a problem but this crisis is of a different order of magnitude.
the magnitude of an earthquake (= how powerful it is )
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Measuring stations identify the location and magnitude of an earthquake within a few minutes of the event.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
great
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Some mills were small, although others were of much greater magnitude .
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The last locally-caused power failure of greater magnitude was the Loma Prieta earthquake in October, 1989.
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This was a loss of the greatest magnitude .
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Most will be of greater magnitude than camping.
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In the latter case there is obviously scope for a harmonizing measure of greater magnitude .
sheer
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Nevertheless, the sheer magnitude of public investment should still demand that appropriate appraisal techniques are adopted.
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The sheer magnitude of the grant guaranteed its impact on processes and institutions.
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What distinguished the 1996 plan from the Arkansas effort was its sheer magnitude .
similar
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These rises were similar in magnitude to the effects of intracolonic deoxycholate in this study.
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Media influences on relative preferences for Conservative and Labour were always significant, usually similar in magnitude but opposite in sign.
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One can not help reflecting what would happen nowadays in a problem of similar magnitude .
■ NOUN
earthquake
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One of the city's best known landmarks, the Space Needle, was built to handle a 9.1 magnitude earthquake .
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A 5.4-magnitude earthquake hits southern Oregon, killing a motorist whose pickup was hit by falling rock.
quake
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A 5.8-magnitude quake rocks the Livermore area east of San Francisco, damaging a nuclear weapons laboratory.
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In California's San Fernando Valley, a 6.5-magnitude quake leaves 65 people dead.-March 27, 1964.
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A 6.3-magnitude quake in Long Beach, Calif., kills 115 people.
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The 5.4-magnitude quake hit at 12: 42 p.m. and was centered about 60 miles south of the capital.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Decisions of this magnitude should not be taken by one person alone.
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I cannot emphasize too strongly the magnitude of this problem.
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The oil spillage in the Gulf was of such magnitude that its effects will last for decades.
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We've never dealt with a problem of this magnitude before.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But this is not meant to belittle the magnitude of the adaptive radiations that took place in the Vendian and Cambrian periods.
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Fortunately there is a good comparison star of magnitude 6.6, also in the bowl.
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It has a B-type spectrum, and is usually just below the fourth magnitude .
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The budget deficit is no surprise, but the magnitude is.
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The earthquake registered a magnitude of 6.8, according to early estimates.
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This increases the magnitude of the vorticity, but because of continuity also reduces the cross-section of the vortex tube.