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"
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“Although a man may lose a sense of his own importance when he is a mere unit among a busy throng, all utterly regardless of him, it by no means follows that he can dispossess himself, with equal facility, of a very strong sense of the importance and magnitude of his cares.”
—Charles Dickens (1812–1870)