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". Magnum may also refer to:

Businesses and organizations

* Magnum Research, a firearms maker *

Magnum Semiconductor Magnum Semiconductor Inc. was a video compression technology company headquartered in Milpitas, California, and with an engineering branch at Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It traded under the Magnum Semiconductor name between its foundation in 2003 ...

, a spin-off of Cirrus Logic *

Magnum Photos Magnum Photos is an international photographic cooperative owned by its photographer-members, with offices in New York City, Paris, London and Tokyo. It was founded in 1947 in Paris by photographers Robert Capa, David Seymour (photographer), Davi ...

, a photojournalist cooperative *

Magnum Corporation Magnum Berhad is a company in Malaysia known principally for commercial gambling. Formerly known as Magnum Corporation and Magnum Corporation Berhad, the company was incorporated in December 1968 and was the first private company to be granted ...

, a Malaysian gaming company

Art and entertainment

Music

* Jeff Magnum, former bassist of the Dead Boys * Magnum (band), English rock band *

Magnum (musician) Lordi () is a Finnish hard rock/ heavy metal band, formed in 1992 by the band's lead singer, songwriter and costume maker, Mr Lordi (Tomi Petteri Putaansuu). In addition to their melodic metal music, Lordi are also known for wearing monster mask ...

(born 1973), stage name of Sami Wolking * ''Magnum Force'' (album), the second album from hip hop duo Heltah Skeltah

Other uses in arts and entertainment

* Magnum, a fictional characters and commander of the Autobots * Magnum, a member of the Elementals in Marvel Comics *''

Magnum, P.I. ''Magnum, P.I.'' is an American crime drama television series starring Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum, a private investigator (P.I.) living on Oahu, Hawaii. The series ran from December 11, 1980 to May 8, 1988 during its first-run broadcast on ...

'', a 1980s American crime drama television series ** Thomas Magnum, the lead character ** ''Magnum P.I.'' (2018 TV series), its reboot * ''

Magnum Force ''Magnum Force'' is a 1973 American neo-noir vigilante action thriller film and the second to feature Clint Eastwood as maverick cop Harry Callahan after the 1971 film ''Dirty Harry''. Ted Post, who had previously worked with Eastwood on '' Ra ...

'' 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 T. A. Terry Wayne Allen (born June 11, 1959) is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Magnum T. A. Allen won the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship twice and was being groomed for a potential run with the NW ...

(born 1959), ring name of professional wrestler Terry Wayne Allen * Magnum XL-200, a roller coaster at Cedar Point *

Moses Magnum M-11 Originally known as the Human Robot, the character was given the name "M-11" in the 2006 to 2007 ''Agents of Atlas'' miniseries as an allusion to its first appearance in '' Menace'' #11 from Marvel Comics' 1950s predecessor, Atlas Comics. ...

, a Marvel Comics villain

In science and technology

Vehicles

Chevrolet Optra Magnum The Daewoo Lacetti is a compact car manufactured and marketed globally by GM Korea since 2002. The first-generation Lacetti was available as a four-door sedan and five-door station wagon, styled by Pininfarina—and five-door hatchback styled b ...

, a car *

Chrysler LA engine The LA engines are a family of pushrod OHV small block 90° V-configured gasoline engines built by Chrysler Corporation. It was factory-installed in passenger vehicles, trucks and vans, commercial vehicles, marine and industrial applications from ...

, line *

Dodge Magnum The Dodge Magnum is a nameplate used by several Dodge vehicles, at different times and on various markets. The name was first applied to a large Chrysler B platform-based 2-door coupe marketed from 1978 to 1979 sold in the United States and Cana ...

, a car *

Dynamic Sport Magnum The Dynamic Sport Magnum is a Polish single-place, paraglider that was designed by Wojtek Pierzyński and produced by Dynamic Sport of Kielce Kielce (, yi, קעלץ, Keltz) is a city in southern Poland, and the capital of the Świętokrzysk ...

, a Polish paraglider design *

Mitsubishi Magnum The is a group of autonomous Japanese multinational companies in a variety of industries. Founded by Yatarō Iwasaki in 1870, the Mitsubishi Group historically descended from the Mitsubishi zaibatsu, a unified company which existed from 1870 t ...

, a pickup truck * MV ''Magnum'', a 1979 Cambodian cargo ship *

O'Neill Magnum The O'Neill Model J Magnum, also called the Magnum Jake and the Magnum Pickup, is a homebuilt aircraft design for bush flying operations similar to the de Havilland Beaver. Design and development O'Neill intended to modify the Aristocraft II six ...

, also known as Magnum Jake and Magnum Pickup, an airplane * Rayton-Fissore Magnum, an Italian luxury off-roader *

TES 28 Magnam The TES 28 Magnam (English: ''Magnum'') is a Polish sailboat, that was designed by Tomasz Siwik and was first built in 2010. Production The boat is built by Stocznia TES - Yacht (English: ''TES Yacht Shipyard'') in Poland and remained in pro ...

, a Polish sailboat design *

Renault Magnum The Renault Magnum is a heavy-duty truck that was produced by the French Manufacturer Renault Trucks, Renault Véhicules Industriels and later Renault Trucks (also part of Renault, now Volvo) from 1990 to 2013. The Magnum was available in Semi- ...

, a truck * Vauxhall Magnum, a car * Yakovlev Yak-30 (1960), a Soviet military trainer aircraft

Other uses in science and technology

Os magnum The capitate bone is a bone in the human wrist found in the center of the carpal bone region, located at the distal end of the radius and ulna bones. It articulates with the third metacarpal bone (the middle finger) and forms the third carpome ...

or capitate bone, the largest of the carpal bones in the human hand *

Magnum (rocket) The Magnum was a large Super heavy-lift launch vehicle, super-heavy-lift rocket designed by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center during the mid-1990s. The Magnum, which never made it past the preliminary design phase, would have been a launcher s ...

, a rocket designed by NASA during the 1990s *

Magnum (satellite) Magnum was a class of SIGINT spy satellites reportedly operated by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) for the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The program remains classified, and the information that exists is speculative. ...

, a class of U.S. reconnaissance satellite *

Foramen magnum The foramen magnum ( la, great hole) is a large, oval-shaped opening in the occipital bone of the skull. It is one of the several oval or circular openings (foramina) in the base of the skull. The spinal cord, an extension of the medulla oblon ...

, a large opening in the occipital bone of the cranium *

Magnum cartridge A magnum cartridge is a firearm cartridge with a larger case size than, or derived from, a similar cartridge of the same projectile (bullet) caliber and case shoulder shape. The term derives from the .357 Magnum, the original cartridge with this ...

, a type of firearms cartridge *

MIPS Magnum The MIPS Magnum was a line of computer workstations designed by MIPS Computer Systems, Inc. and based on the MIPS series of RISC microprocessors. The first Magnum was released in March, 1990, and production of various models continued until 1993 w ...

, a type of computer workstation * Multicolor Active Galactic Nuclei Monitoring, a telescope in Hawaii

Other products

* Magnum (condom), a brand of condom manufactured by Trojan * Magnum (ice cream), a brand of ice cream owned by Unilever *

Magnum (unit) A wine bottle is a bottle, generally a glass bottle, that is used for holding wine. Some wines are fermented in the bottle while others are bottled only after fermentation. Recently the bottle has become a standard unit of volume to describe sal ...

, a 1.5-litre bottle for wine and champagne * Magnum, a 1.5-litre size of wine bottle *

Magnum hops This is a list of varieties of hop (''Humulus lupulus''). As there are male and female plants, the flowers (cones) of the female plant are fertilized by the pollen of the male flowers with the result that the female flowers form seeds. These see ...

, used in the brewing of beer *

Sharpie (marker) Sharpie is a brand of writing implements (mainly permanent markers) manufactured by Newell Brands, a public company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Originally designating a single permanent marker, the Sharpie brand has been widely expanded an ...

Magnum, a large permanent marker *

Magnum engine The LA engines are a family of pushrod OHV small block 90° V-configured gasoline engines built by Chrysler Corporation. It was factory-installed in passenger vehicles, trucks and vans, commercial vehicles, marine and industrial applications fr ...

, a line of Chrysler internal combustion engines * Magnum, a series of pistol ammunition types

People

H Magnum Guy-Hervé Imboua, better known by his stage name H Magnum, is a French rapper of Ivorian origin signed to the LoudSchool Production record label. Guy-Hervé Imboua was born in Yopougon, Ivory Coast, and immigrated at the age of 9 years old to Fr ...

, French rapper originating from the Ivory Coast * Dave Magnum (born 1962), former political candidate in Wisconsin * Magnum Membrere (born 1982), Filipino basketball player * Magnum (footballer) (born 1982), Magnum Rafael Farias Tavares, Brazilian football attacking midfielder *

Magnum Rolle ''Magnum'' is a Latin word meaning "great". Magnum may also refer to: Businesses and organizations * Magnum Research, a firearms maker * Magnum Semiconductor, a spin-off of Cirrus Logic * Magnum Photos, a photojournalist cooperative * Magnum Cor ...

(born 1986), Bahamian basketball player * Magnum Tokyo (born 1973), Japanese professional wrestler *

Willie Person Magnum Willie Person Mangum (; May 10, 1792September 7, 1861) was a U.S. Senator from the state of North Carolina between 1831 and 1836 and between 1840 and 1853. He was one of the founders and leading members of the Whig party, and was a candidate for ...

(1792-1861), American politician *

Zhang Weili Zhang Weili (; born August 13, 1989) is a Chinese mixed martial artist. She is the former Kunlun Fight (KLF) strawweight champion and competes in the strawweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where she is the current ...

, nickname Magnum, Chinese mixed martial artist

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 a work of outstanding skill * Magnum opus (alchemy), the creation of the philosopher's stone