Magnum

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Magnum, from the Latin for 'largest' or 'greatest', may refer to:

Businesses and organizations

• Magnum Research, a firearms maker
• Magnum Semiconductor, a spin-off of Cirrus Logic
• Magnum Photos, a photojournalist cooperative
• Magnum Corporation, a Malaysian gaming company

In arts and entertainment

In music

• Magnum (band), English rock band
• Magnum (rock musician), stage name of Sami Wolking
• Magnum St.Pierre, American record producer based in San Francisco
• Jeff Magnum, former bassist of The Dead Boys

Other uses in arts and entertainment

• Magnum Force The 2nd of five Dirty Harry movies, starring Clint Eastwood as San Francisco policeman, Harry Callahan. The title refers to Harry's use of a .44 Magnum gun.
• Magnum Force (album) the second album from hip hop duo Heltah Skeltah.
• Magnum (Transformers), a fictional characters and commander of the Autobots
• Magnum, P.I., a television series
  • Thomas Magnum, the lead character
• Moses Magnum, a Marvel Comics villain
• Magnum T.A., ring name of professional wrestler Terry Wayne Allen
• Magnum XL-200, a roller coaster at Cedar Point

In science and technology

Vehicles

• Dynamic Sport Magnum, a Polish paraglider design
• MV Magnum, a Cambodian cargo ship
• Chevrolet Optra Magnum, a car
• Dodge Magnum, a car
• Renault Magnum, a truck
• Vauxhall Magnum, a car
• Chrysler LA engine line
• TES 28 Magnam, a Polish sailboat design
• Yakovlev Yak-30 (1960), a Soviet military trainer aircraft

Other uses in science and technology

• Os magnum or capitate bone, the largest of the carpal bones in the human hand
• Magnum (rocket)
• Magnum (satellite), a class of U.S. reconnaissance satellite
• Foramen magnum, a large opening in the occipital bone of the cranium
• Magnum cartridge, a type of firearms cartridge
• MIPS Magnum, a type of computer workstation
• Multicolor Active Galactic Nuclei Monitoring, a telescope in Hawaii

Other products

• Magnum (condom), manufactured by Trojan
• Magnum (ice cream), owned by Unilever
• Magnum, a 1.5-litre size of wine bottle
• Magnum hops, used in the brewing of beer
• Sharpie Magnum, Permanent Marker
• Magnum engine

Other uses

• Magnum, NATO code for an AGM-88 or anti-radiation missile launch
• "Magnum opus", a work or art considered the greatest work of a person's career or to a work of outstanding skill.
• Magnum opus (alchemy), the creation of the philosopher's stone.

See also

• O Magnum Mysterium, a Christian liturgical chant
• Magna (disambiguation)
• Magnus (disambiguation)
• Magnum opus (disambiguation)