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order of magnitude

/ order of magnitude /

noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1

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

Type of:

ratio

noun Sense 2

a degree in a continuum of size or quantity

"it was on the order of a mile"

"an explosion of a low order of magnitude"

Type of:

magnitude

Derived:

rate rank range order grade

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Sense Count

2

Total Synonyms

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Total Relationships

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ratio magnitude