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order of magnitude
order of magnituden. pl. orders of magnitude 1. An estimate of size or magnitude expressed as a power of ten: Earth's mass is of the order of magnitude of 1022 tons; that of the sun is 1027 tons.2. A range of values between a designated lower value and an upper value ten times as large: The masses of Earth and the sun differ by five orders of magnitude.order of magnitude n (Statistics) the approximate size of something, esp measured in powers of 10: the order of magnitude of the deficit was as expected; their estimates differ by an order of magnitude. Also called: order Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | order of magnitude - 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"ordermagnitude - the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small); "they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion"; "about the magnitude of a small pea" | | 2. |  order of magnitude - 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 10magnituderatio - the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient) |
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order of magnitude
order of magnitude[′ȯrd·ər əv ′mag·nə‚tüd] (chemistry) order order of magnitudeA change in quantity or volume as measured by the decimal point. For example, from tens to hundreds is one order of magnitude. Tens to thousands is two orders of magnitude; tens to millions is three orders of magnitude, etc.MedicalSeeorderFinancialSeeOrderAcronymsSeeOorder of magnitude
Synonyms for order of magnitudenoun a degree in a continuum of size or quantitySynonymsRelated Wordsnoun a number assigned to the ratio of two quantitiesSynonymsRelated Words |