The topic magnitude is discussed in the following articles:

analytic geometry

  • TITLE: mathematics
    SECTION: Analytic geometry
    ...significant conceptually, he set aside Viète’s principle of homogeneity, showing by means of a simple construction how to represent multiplication and division of lines by lines; thus, all magnitudes (lines, areas, and volumes) could be represented independently of their dimension in the same way.


  • TITLE: mechanics (physics)
    SECTION: Vectors
    A vector is a quantity that has both magnitude and direction. It is typically represented symbolically by an arrow in the proper direction, whose length is proportional to the magnitude of the vector. Although a vector has magnitude and direction, it does not have position. A vector is not altered if it is displaced parallel to itself as long as its length is not changed.
  • TITLE: principles of physical science
    SECTION: Fields
    ...q2. The combination r/r3 is a vector in the direction of r, the line joining q1 to q2, with magnitude 1/r2 as required by the inverse square law. When r is rendered in lightface, it means simply the magnitude of the vector r, without direction. The...