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Meaning of ORDER OF MAGNITUDE

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 Definition: 
  1. [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"
  2. [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
 
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 Synonyms: magnitude, order
 
 See Also: magnitude, ratio

 

 

 

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