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order of magnitude
- IPA[ˌôrdər əv ˈmaɡnəˌto͞od]
美式
- a class in a system of classification determined by size, each class being a number of times (usually ten) greater or smaller than the one before;relative size, quantity, quality, etc.
noun: order of magnitude, plural noun: orders of magnitude
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a class in a system of classification determined by size, each class being a number of times (usually ten) greater or smaller than the one before values might be compared by order of magnitude, a staple in making ballpark estimates
- ▪ relative size, quantity, quality, etc. the new problems were of a different order of magnitude
- ▪ the arrangement of a number of items determined by their relative size the items are arranged in ascending order of magnitude