Quantify vs Magnitude - What's the difference?
quantify | magnitude |
To assign a quantity to.
To determine the value of (a variable or expression).
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, author=Robert M. Pringle
, title=How to Be Manipulative
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(uncountable, countable) The absolute or relative size, extent or importance of something.
(countable) An order of magnitude.
(mathematics) A number, assigned to something, such that it may be compared to others numerically
(mathematics) Of a vector, the norm, most commonly, the two-norm.
(astronomy) The apparent brightness of a star (on a negative, logarithmic scale); apparent magnitude
(seismology) A measure of the energy released by an earthquake (e.g. on the Richter scale).
As a verb quantify
is to assign a quantity to.As a noun magnitude is
(uncountable|countable) the absolute or relative size, extent or importance of something.quantify
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