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Dictionary: mag·num   (măg'nəm) pronunciation
n.
  1. A bottle, holding about two fifths of a gallon (1.5 liters), for wine or liquor.
  2. The amount of liquid that this bottle can hold.
  3. A magnum cartridge or firearm.
adj.
  1. Of or relating to a cartridge containing a larger explosive charge than other cartridges of the same size.
  2. Designed to shoot magnum cartridges.

[From Latin, neuter of magnus, great.]


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Large wine bottle, 1.5 L (double old British bottle, called ‘reputed quart’).

n. pl. magnums (often Magnum) trademark a gun designed to fire cartridges that are more powerful than its caliber would suggest: his .357 Magnum pistol.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

The large diameter, second zone of the hen's left oviduct. The albumen-secreting zone.

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Magnum (from Latin magnum, neuter (nominative singular) of magnus neutral form, meaning great) may refer to:

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Weaponry

Pertaining to a gun calibre larger than, or derived from, a smaller similar cartridge.

Handguns

Rifles

Music

Products

Vehicles

Technology

Businesses and organizations

Other

  • Thomas Magnum, lead character in the television series Magnum, P.I.
  • The Magnum XL-200, a roller coaster at Cedar Point
  • Magnum, NATO brevity code for an AGM-88 or antiradiation missile launch
  • The Yakovlev Yak-30 (1960) Magnum, an advanced trainer for the Soviet Air Forces that never went into production

Translations: Magnum
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - magnum- (f.eks. flaske)
adj. - stor

idioms:

  • Magnum Opus    storværk, hovedværk

Nederlands (Dutch)
wijnfles van anderhalve liter

Français (French)
n. - magnum
adj. - magnum

idioms:

  • Magnum Opus    ¯uvre maîtresse

Deutsch (German)
n. - Magnum (Feuerwaffe), 1,5-Liter-Weinflasche
adj. - Magnum...

idioms:

  • Magnum Opus    Hauptwerk

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μεγάλη φιάλη (διπλάσιας της συνήθους χωρητικότητας)

idioms:

  • Magnum Opus    το σημαντικότερο έργο (συγγραφέα, μουσουργού κ.λπ.)

Italiano (Italian)
bottiglione della capacità di 2,28 litri

idioms:

  • Magnum Opus    capolavoro

Português (Portuguese)
n. - meio garrafão (m) (com capacidade de 2 quartos)

idioms:

  • Magnum Opus    obra-prima (f)

Русский (Russian)
большая винная бутылка

idioms:

  • Magnum Opus    шедевр

Español (Spanish)
n. - botella de dos litros, hueso de la mano, magnum (tipo de revolver), cartucho magnum
adj. - que utiliza un cartucho magnum, equipado con una carga más grande que otros cartuchos de igual tamaño, de gran potencia o tamaño

idioms:

  • Magnum Opus    obra maestra

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - magnumbutelj

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
大酒瓶, 2夸脱的容量, 大酒瓶的

idioms:

  • Magnum Opus    巨著, 杰作

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 大酒瓶, 2夸脫的容量
adj. - 大酒瓶的

idioms:

  • Magnum Opus    巨著, 傑作

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 대형 술병, 탄약이 대량으로 장전된 총포
adj. - 대형술병의, 장전된 총포의

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - マグナム, マグナム弾薬筒

idioms:

  • Magnum Opus    傑作, 代表作

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) زجاجه خمر كبيرة الحجم, كبير الحجم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אקדח בעל עוצמה גבוהה, כדור אקדח בעל עוצמה גבוהה, בקבוק יין גדול‬
adj. - ‮עוצב כאקדח בעל עוצמה גבוהה מזו הנרמזת ע"י קוטרו, בקבוק גדול‬


 
 
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