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Dec 1, 2009
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mag•num



Pronunciation: (mag'num), [key]
—n.
1. a large wine bottle having a capacity of two ordinary bottles or 1.5 liters (1.6 quarts).
2. a magnum cartridge or firearm.

—adj.
1. (of a cartridge) equipped with a larger charge than other cartridges of the same size.
2. (of a firearm) using such a cartridge.
3. Informal.unusually great in power or size: a magnum spotlight; a magnum dosage.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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