order of magnitudenoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˌɔː.dər əv ˈmæɡ.nɪ.tjuːd/us/ˌɔːr.dɚ əv ˈmæɡ.nɪ.tuːd/the approximate size of something, especially a number:
The country's debt this year will be of the same order of magnitude as it was last year.
specialized mathematics a level in a system used for measuring something in which each level is ten times larger than the one before:
These processor speeds have recently increased by two orders of magnitude (= by a hundred times).
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
General words for size and amount
- -sized
- a whole lot idiom
- amount
- bulk
- content
- count
- degree
- element
- flow
- load
- number
- part
- quota
- ration
- scale
- size
- small-scale
- so much idiom
- strength
- take
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