order of magnitude

Noun

Meaning

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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Synonyms

order magnitude fiat club decree edict how much this size by an order of magnitude in the order of magnitude one order of magnitude order of magnitude of order of size orders of magnitude rough figures
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Antonyms

lack disorder chaos mess disarray disorganization
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Hypernyms

ratio magnitude

Examples

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

Close letter words and terms

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