Meaning of ORDER OF MAGNITUDE

WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  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" [n]  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
	Synonyms:		magnitude, order
	See Also:		magnitude, ratio