absolute magnitude: the magnitude a star would have, if it were moved to a distance of 10 parsecs from the Sun. The ordinary convention is to write apparent magnitudes with a lower-case letter m, and absolute magnitudes with an upper-case M.ough zeropoints for the apparent and absolute magnitude scales. As some of you have already noticed, the magnitude scales -- both apparent and absolute -- are defined in relative terms: this star is 10 times brighter than that one.
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Dictionaries-Easton's Bible Dictionary-Elephant. not found in Scripture except indirectly in the original Greek word (elephantinos) translated of ivory in Revelation 18:12, and in the Hebrew word (shenhabim, meaning elephant's tooth) rendered ivory in 1 Kings 10:22 and 2 Chronicles 9:21.hese dictionary topics are fromM.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely. [N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible Bibliography Information Easton, Matthew George.