Magnum
Magnum (from Latin magnum, neuter (nominative singular) of magnus neutral form, meaning great) may refer to:
Weaponry
Pertaining to a gun calibre larger than, or derived from, a smaller similar cartridge.
Handguns
The .357 Magnum cartridge
The .41 Remington Magnum cartridge
The .44 Magnum cartridge, of Dirty Harry fame
A vast array of handguns, including:
The Colt Single Action Army or Colt 45
The .475 Wildey Magnum
Rifles
The .338 Lapua Magnum
The 7 mm Remington Magnum
Many other magnum cartridges - see List of rifle cartridges
Music
Magnum (band), British rock band
stage name of Sami Wolking, former member of the Finnish rock band Lordi
Magnum St.Pierre, record producer based out of San Francisco
Products
Magnum (ice cream)
In wine bottle nomenclature, a bottle that holds 1.5 litres, especially of champagne
Magnum boots, a company that produces boots for law enforcement and fire/rescue services
Magnum (condom), a condom brand manufactured by Trojan
Vehicles
Dodge Magnum, a car
Renault Magnum, a truck
Vauxhall Magnum, a car
A Chrysler LA engine line, several of which are named Magnum
Technology
MIPS Magnum, a type of computer workstation
Magnum (rocket)
Magnum (satellite), a class of U.S. reconnaissance satellite
Multicolor Active Galactic Nuclei Monitoring (MAGNUM), a 2m aperture optical infrared telescope
Businesses and organizations
Magnum Research, a firearms maker
Magnum Semiconductor, Inc., a spin-off of Cirrus Logic
Magnum Photos, a photojournalist cooperative
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
Translation
The word "Magnum" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Danish, German, Estonian, Spanish, Esperanto, French, Galician, Italian, Hungarian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Finnish, Swedish.
Translation(s) in other languages: Korean: 매그넘, Japanese: マグナム, Russian: Магнум (значения).
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