Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a large wine bottle for liquor or wine;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
magnum \mag"num\ (m[a^]g"n[u^]m), a.
1. (Firearms) Having a larger charge than usual for a
cartridge of the same caliber; -- of cartridges for
handgun; as, a .44 magnum cartridge.
[PJC]
2. (Firearms) Designed to use a cartridge with a larger
charge than usual for handguns of the same caliber; -- of
handguns; as, a .44 magnum pistol.
[PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Magnum \Mag"num\ (m[a^]g"n[u^]m), n. [Neut. sing. of L. magnus
great.]
1. A large wine bottle.
[1913 Webster]
They passed the magnum to one another freely. --Sir
W. Scott.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Anat.) A bone of the carpus at the base of the third
metacarpal bone.
[1913 Webster]
3. A magnum pistol, or the cartridge such a pistol uses; as,
he always carried a .44 magnum.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
magnum
n 1: a large wine bottle for liquor or wine
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
MAGNUM
A database language for DEC-10's, used internally by
Tymshare, Inc.. MAGNUM was designed in the late 1970's by
Dale Jordan, Rich Strauss and Dave McQuoid originally, and was
written in BLISS-10. It was the world's first commercial
relational database. It was in the process of being written
in 1976.
(1995-01-25)