apparent magnitude

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noun Astronomy.

the magnitude of a star as it appears to an observer on the earth.

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Origin of apparent magnitude

First recorded in 1870–75

Words nearby apparent magnitude

apparent, apparent candlepower, apparentement, apparent horizon, apparently, apparent magnitude, apparent movement, apparent solar day, apparent temperature, apparent time, apparent wind

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How to use apparent magnitude in a sentence

Residents of the neighborhoods where cops are needed the most are mixed on the impact of the apparent slowdown.
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Neither is unnerved by her apparent anger, nor do they see her as threatening.
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Yet according to Hamilton, “it was quickly apparent that other than pecuniary consolation would be acceptable.”
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Nowhere is this new family dynamic more apparent than around the holidays.
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He heard himself saying lightly, though with apparent lack of interest: 'How curious, Lettice, how very odd!
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The heir apparent and his brothers were cowering in fear, afraid to strike, yet hoping that others would strike for them.
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The result of the restoration of trade, banking, and credit to earlier and more normal conditions has been steadily apparent.
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The apparent slightness of these English changes reveals their deliberate subtlety.
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Increase of hemoglobin, or hyperchromemia, is uncommon, and is probably more apparent than real.
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British Dictionary definitions for apparent magnitude

apparent magnitude

noun

another name for magnitude (def. 4)

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for apparent magnitude

apparent magnitude

See under magnitude.