Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun absolute_magnitude

1 sense of absolute magnitude

Sense 1
absolute magnitude -- ((astronomy) the magnitude that a star would have if it were viewed from a distance of 10 parsecs (32.62 light years) from the earth)
       => magnitude -- (the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small); "they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion"; "about the magnitude of a small pea")