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Businesses and organizations

Magnum Research Magnum Research, Inc. (MRI) was an American privately held corporation based in Fridley, Minnesota which manufactured and distributed firearms. The majority owners, Jim Skildum (President and CEO) and John Risdall (Chairman, COO), had been wit ...

, a firearms maker * Magnum Semiconductor, a spin-off of Cirrus Logic *

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

, a photojournalist cooperative * Magnum Berhad, a Malaysian gaming company

Art and entertainment

Music

* Jeff Magnum, former bassist of the Dead Boys *

Magnum (band) Magnum are an English melodic hard rock band. They were formed in Birmingham in 1972 by Tony Clarkin (guitar, songwriter, producer) and Bob Catley (vocals) in order to appear as the resident band at the Rum Runner nightclub in the city. Mag ...

, English rock band * Magnum (band), Latin-tinged Southern California funk band Magnum, first album "Fully Loaded" (1974) *

Magnum (musician) Lordi () is a Finnish rock band. Formed in 1992 by the band's lead singer, songwriter and costume maker Mr Lordi (Tomi Petteri Putaansuu), Lordi are known for wearing monster masks and using horror elements with pyrotechnics during concerts and ...

(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

Autobot The Autobots are a fictional faction of sentient robots in the ''Transformers'' multimedia franchise. The Autobots are living robots from the planet Cybertron who, like most Transformers, are each imbued with a unique "life force" known as a " ...

s * 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 1, 1988, during its first-run broadcast on ...

'', a 1980s American crime drama television series **

Thomas Magnum Thomas Magnum is the main character on the American television series '' Magnum, P.I.'' created by Donald P. Bellisario and Glen A. Larson. The titular private investigator was originally portrayed by actor Tom Selleck from 1980 to 1988, and ...

, the lead character ** ''Magnum P.I.'' (2018 TV series), its reboot * ''

Magnum Force ''Magnum Force'' is a 1973 American 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 '' Rawhide'' and '' H ...

'', 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. (born 1959), ring name of professional wrestler Terry Wayne Allen *

Magnum XL-200 Magnum XL-200, colloquially known as simply Magnum, is a steel roller coaster built by Arrow Dynamics at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. When it opened in 1989, it was the tallest, fastest, and steepest complete-circuit roller coaster in the wo ...

, a roller coaster at Cedar Point *

Moses Magnum M-11 M-11 is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Originally known as the Human Robot, the character was named "M-11" in the 2006 to 2007 ''Agents of Atlas'' miniseries as an allusion to its first ...

, 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 (automobile), sedan and five-door station wagon, styled by Pininfarina—and five-door ...

, a compact car * Chrysler Magnum engines, a line of engines used in various cars produced by Chrysler Corporation *

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 Canad ...

, a nameplate used for various automobiles produced by Dodge *

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 traces its origins to the Mitsubishi zaibatsu, a unified company that existed from 1870 to 1946 ...

, 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 s ...

, also known as Magnum Jake and Magnum Pickup, an airplane *

Rayton-Fissore Magnum The Rayton-Fissore Magnum is an Italian-designed and built luxury off-roader, in small scale production between 1985 and 1998. The American V8-powered versions were marketed as Laforza and were built from 1989 until 2003. The Magnum began life ...

, an Italian luxury SUV *

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 produ ...

, 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 Artic ...

, a heavy-duty truck *

Vauxhall Magnum The Vauxhall Magnum is a car which was manufactured by Vauxhall from 1973 to 1978. First seen at the London Motor Show in October 1973, the Magnum was an HC Viva with a larger engine, more luxurious interior, higher trim level and four rather t ...

, a small family car *

Yakovlev Yak-30 (1960) The Yakovlev Yak-30 (NATO reporting name Magnum), originally designated Yakovlev 104, was Yakovlev's entry in a competition for the first military jet trainer aircraft designed for Warsaw Pact nations. Designed to succeed the Yak-17UTI, it also ...

, 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 carpomet ...

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

Magnum (rocket) The Magnum was a large 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 some 96 meters (315 feet) tall, o ...

, 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 () 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 oblongata, passes thro ...

, 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 revolver cartridge ...

, 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 19 ...

, 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 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 se ...

, 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, Atlanta, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. Originally designating a single permanent marker, the Sh ...

Magnum, a large permanent marker * Magnum engine, 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 * Magnum Membrere (born 1982), Filipino basketball player * Magnum (footballer) (born 1982), Magnum Rafael Farias Tavares, Brazilian football attacking midfielder * Magnum Rolle (born 1986), Bahamian basketball player * Magnum Tokyo (born 1973), Japanese professional wrestler * Willie Person Mangum (1792-1861), American politician * Zhang Weili, nickname Magnum, Chinese mixed martial artist

Other uses

* DXMR-FM (also known as ''99.9 Magnum Radyo''), an FM radio station in

Cagayan de Oro Cagayan de Oro (abbreviated CDO and officially the City of Cagayan de Oro; ; Bukid language, Binukid: ''Ciudad ta Cagayan de Oro''; ; ) is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Regions of the Philippi ...

Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...

* Magnum, NATO code for an AGM-88 or

anti-radiation missile An anti-radiation missile (ARM) is a missile designed to detect and home in on an enemy radio emission source. Typically, these are designed for use against an enemy radar, although jammers and even radios used for communications can also be ta ...

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Magnum opus A masterpiece, , or ; ; ) is a creation that has been given much critical praise, especially one that is considered the greatest work of a person's career or a work of outstanding creativity, skill, profundity, or workmanship. Historically, ...

", a work or art considered the greatest work of a person's career or a work of outstanding skill *

Magnum opus (alchemy) In alchemy, the Magnum Opus or Great Work is a term for the process of working with the prima materia to create the philosopher's stone. It has been used to describe personal and spiritual chrysopoeia, transmutation in the Hermeticism, Hermeti ...

, the creation of the philosopher's stone