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order of magnitude

noun

1 order of magnitude

A degree in a continuum of size or quantity:
— An explosion of a low order of magnitude.

synonym: order.

2 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.

synonym: magnitude.


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