1. magnitude
Five tremors in excess of magnitude 5.0 on the Richter scale have shaken Japan just this week, but scientists are warning that the largest expected aftershock has yet to hit.
He realized the magnitude of his crime.
I've never seen a pearl of such magnitude!
<the mountain's sheer magnitude usually leaves tourists speechless>
This oil field used to produce an order of magnitude more oil as it does now.
Astronomy is perhaps the science whose discoveries owe least to chance, in which human understanding appears in its whole magnitude, and through which man can best learn how small he is.
An earthquake of magnitude 5 shook Tokyo.
Unfortunately, three days ago a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off the Pacific coast of Japan's Tohoku region.
The Japan Meteorological Agency has revised the magnitude of the eastern Japan quake from 8.8 to 9.0, the largest recorded in world history.
The magnitude of the issue can scarcely be overstated
It's up to two orders of magnitude less wasteful
The magnitude of a vector is indicated by the arrow’s length.
Our forces cannot repel power of that magnitude.
The hypotensive response was reduced in magnitude by pretreatment with antihistamines.
A massive earthquake of magnitude 8.8 hit the Japanese islands today.