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English noun: order of magnitude | |||
| 1. | order of magnitude (attribute) a degree in a continuum of size or quantity | ||
| Samples | It was on the order of a mile. An explosion of a low order of magnitude. | ||
| Synonyms | order | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | magnitude | ||
| 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 10 | ||
| Synonyms | magnitude | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ratio | ||
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