Magnitude (mathematics)
In mathematics, magnitude is the "size" of a mathematical object, a property by which the object can be compared as larger or smaller than other objects of the same kind. More formally, an object's magnitude is an ordering (or ranking) of the class of objects to which it belongs.
Read more about Magnitude (mathematics): History, Numbers, Euclidean Vectors, Normed Vector Spaces, Logarithmic Magnitudes, "Order of Magnitude"
Famous quotes containing the word magnitude:
“My time has come.
There are twenty people in my belly,
there is a magnitude of wings,
there are forty eyes shooting like arrows,
and they will all be born.
All be born in the yellow wind.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)