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order of magnitude

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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

a degree in a continuum of size or quantity

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it was on the order of a mile Source: Internet

an explosion of a low order of magnitude Source: Internet

Altair's total X-ray luminosity is at least an order of magnitude larger than the X-ray luminosity for Vega. Source: Internet

Although MICAS is more sensitive, its field-of-view is an order of magnitude smaller, creating a greater information processing burden. Source: Internet

A new and emergent behavior called bufferbloat can also cause increased latency that is an order of magnitude or more. Source: Internet

As for water vapor, the tritium concentration was approximately one order of magnitude greater than surface seawater concentrations (ranging from 0.46 to 1.15 Bq/liter). Source: Internet

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