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magnitude
[noun]
Magnitude is a number assigned to a quantity and refers to the size or extent of something. There are several differing scientific uses of the term. In physics, it refers to the quantity of a measurement such as length, in astronomy it may refer to the brightness of a star, while in geology, it can indicate the strength of an earthquake.
Appears in modules:
- Atomic Theory I Detecting electrons and the nucleus
- Data Analysis and Interpretation Revealing and explaining trends
- Experimentation in Scientific Research Variables and controls in practice
- Mass Extinctions Major turning points in biodiversity
- Natural Hazards and Risk Where Earth processes and society intersect
- Properties of Liquids Intermolecular forces, cohesion, adhesion, and viscosity
- Scientific Controversy Development and resolution of controversies
- Scientific Notation Working with orders of magnitude
- Statistics in Science Origins of descriptive and inferential statistics
- The Nature of Scientific Knowledge What is it and why should we trust it?
- Tracking Human Ancestry The Y-chromosome and mitochondrial DNA
- Using Graphs and Visual Data in Science Reading and interpreting graphs
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