different between magnitude vs proportional

English

Etymology

From Latin magnit?d? (“greatness, size”), magnus +? -t?d?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mæ?n?tju?d/

Noun

magnitude (countable and uncountable, plural magnitudes)

1. (uncountable, countable) The absolute or relative size, extent or importance of something.
2. (countable) An order of magnitude.
3. (mathematics) A number, assigned to something, such that it may be compared to others numerically
4. (mathematics) Of a vector, the norm, most commonly, the two-norm.
5. (astronomy) A logarithmic scale of brightness defined so that a difference of 5 magnitudes is a factor of 100.
   1. (uncountable) The apparent brightness of a star, with lower magnitudes being brighter; apparent magnitude
   2. (countable) A ratio of intensity expressed as a logarithm.
6. (seismology) A measure of the energy released by an earthquake (e.g. on the Richter scale).

Derived terms

• order of magnitude
• absolute magnitude
• apparent magnitude

Translations

Anagrams

• gamnitude

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.?i.tyd/

Noun

magnitude f (plural magnitudes)

1. magnitude

Derived terms

• magnitude absolue

Galician

Noun

magnitude f (plural magnitudes)

1. magnitude

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ud?i

Noun

magnitude f (plural magnitudes)

1. magnitude (size, extent or importance)
2. (mathematics) magnitude (value assigned to a variable)
3. (mathematics) magnitude (the norm of a vector)
4. (astronomy) magnitude (apparent brightness of a star)
5. (seismology) magnitude (energy of an earthquake)

English

Adjective

proportional (comparative more proportional, superlative most proportional)

1. (mathematics) At a constant ratio (to). Two magnitudes (numbers) are said to be proportional if the second varies in a direct relation arithmetically to the first. Symbol: ?.
2. (chiefly US) In proportion (to), proportionate.
3. Of a typeface, having characters with natural (non-uniform) width (in contrast to monospace typefaces).

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

proportional (plural proportionals)

1. (mathematics, geometry, archaic) A proportion.
   • 1828, William Thomas Brande, Tables in Illustration of the Theory of Definite Proportionals (page xiii)

     It is almost superfluous to remark that the numbers attached to the elements of compounds are those of the proportionals in which they combine […]

German

Etymology

Proportion +? -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?op??t?si?o?na?l/

Adjective

proportional (comparative proportionaler, superlative am proportionalsten)

1. proportional

Declension