Mag"ni*tude (?), n. [L. magnitudo, from magnus great. See Master, and
cf. Maxim.] 1. Extent of dimensions; size; -- applied to things that
have length, breadth, and thickness.
Conceive those particles of bodies to be so disposed amongst
themselves, that the intervals of empty spaces between them may be
equal in magnitude to them all.
Sir I. Newton.
2. (Geom.) That which has one or more of the three dimensions, length,
breadth, and thickness.
3. Anything of which greater or less can be predicated, as time,
weight, force, and the like.
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