Noun: order of magnitude- A degree in a continuum of size or quantity
"an explosion of a low order of magnitude"
- order - 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
- magnitude
Derived forms: orders of magnitude Type of: magnitude, ratio Encyclopedia: Order of magnitude |