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The length of a vector, or the absolute value of a scalar quantity. The magnitude is always a positive scalar value.

For instance, the velocity may be positive or negative in a one-dimensional problem, or it will be a vector in a two- or three-dimensional situation, but the speed is the magnitude of the velocity, and is always a positive scalar number.

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