- order of magnitude
- Date: 1875 a range of magnitude extending from some value to ten times that value
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
order of magnitude
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order of magnitude — plural orders of magnitude n 1.) if something is an order of magnitude greater or smaller than something else, it is ten times greater or smaller in size or amount 2.) the scale of the size of something ▪ That was a problem but this crisis is of… … Dictionary of contemporary English
order of magnitude — noun count TECHNICAL a level in a system for measuring things, in which each level is ten times higher than the one before: Processing speeds exceed those of five years ago by several orders of magnitude. a. also used in a non technical way to… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
order of magnitude — ► NOUN 1) a class in a system of classification determined by size, typically in powers of ten. 2) size or quantity … English terms dictionary
Order of magnitude — An order of magnitude is the class of scale or magnitude of any amount, where each class contains values of a fixed ratio to the class preceding it. In its most common usage, the amount being scaled is 10 and the scale is the (base 10) exponent… … Wikipedia
order of magnitude — noun 1. a degree in a continuum of size or quantity (Freq. 5) it was on the order of a mile an explosion of a low order of magnitude • Syn: ↑order • Derivationally related forms: ↑order (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
order of magnitude — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms order of magnitude : singular order of magnitude plural orders of magnitude a) a level in a system for measuring things, in which each level is ten times higher than the one before Processing speeds exceed… … English dictionary
order of magnitude — a logarithmic unit used to compare the sizes of quantities. Two quantities differ by one order of magnitude if one is 10 times the other, by two orders of magnitude if one is 10·10 = 100 times the other, and so on. Thus a difference of n… … Dictionary of units of measurement
order of magnitude — dydžio eilė statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. order of magnitude vok. Größenordnung, f rus. порядок величины, m pranc. ordre de grandeur, m … Fizikos terminų žodynas
order of magnitude — order of size … English contemporary dictionary
order of magnitude — noun The class of scale or magnitude of any amount, where each class contains values of a fixed ratio (most often 10) to the class preceding it. For example, something that is 2 orders of magnitude larger is 100 times larger, something that is 3… … Wiktionary
