English
Detailed Synonyms for order of magnitude in English
order of magnitude:
order of magnitude [the ~] noun
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the order of magnitude
– a degree in a continuum of size or quantity 1 -
the order of magnitude
– a number assigned to the ratio of two quantities; two quantities are of the same order of magnitude if one is less than 10 times as large as the other; the number of magnitudes that the quantities differ is specified to within a power of 10 1the magnitude; the order of magnitude– a number assigned to the ratio of two quantities; two quantities are of the same order of magnitude if one is less than 10 times as large as the other; the number of magnitudes that the quantities differ is specified to within a power of 10 1