For other senses of this word, see
magnitude.The magnitude of a mathematical object is its size: a property by which it can be larger or smaller than other objects of the same kind; in technical terms, an
ordering of the
class of objects to which it belongs.The Greeks distinguished between several types of magnitude, including:(positive)
fractionsline segments (ordered by
length)Plane figures (ordered by
area)Solids (ordered by
volume)Angles (ordered by angular magnitude)
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