释义 |
order of magnitudeˌorder of ˈmagnitude noun (plural orders of magnitude) [countable] - All these matters are indeed of a lower order of magnitude than those which had been fought for under Lanfranc and Anselm.
- In the infrared, extinction by dust is an order of magnitude smaller than in the visible portion of the spectrum.
- People are normally considered to be risk-averse over amounts of the order of magnitude of their incomes.
- Switched hubs can improve network efficiency by more than an order of magnitude.
- These figures serve to indicate a relative order of magnitude.
- This is down an order of magnitude from the gas-coal mixture approach.
1if something is an order of magnitude greater or smaller than something else, it is ten times greater or smaller in size or amount2the scale of the size of something: That was a problem but this crisis is of a different order of magnitude. |