transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈmag-nə-ˌtüd, -ˌtyüd ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin magnitudo, from magnus
Date: 15th century
1.
a. : great size or extent
b.
(1) : spatial quality : size
(2) : quantity , number
2. : the importance, quality, or caliber of something
3. : a number representing the intrinsic or apparent brightness of a celestial body on a logarithmic scale in which an increase of one unit corresponds to a reduction in the brightness of light by a factor of 2.512
4. : a numerical quantitative measure expressed usually as a multiple of a standard unit
5. : the intensity of an earthquake represented by a number on an arbitrary scale
a magnitude six earthquake