Definition of Order of magnitude

1. Noun. A degree in a continuum of size or quantity. "An explosion of a low order of magnitude"

Exact synonyms: Order
Generic synonyms: Magnitude
Derivative terms: Order

2. Noun. 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.
Exact synonyms: Magnitude
Generic synonyms: Ratio

Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Of Magnitude

order Myrtales
order Mysidacea
order Myxobacterales
order Myxobacteria
order Myxobacteriales
order Myxosporidia
order Naiadales
order Neuroptera
order Nidulariales
order Notostraca
order Nudibranchia
order Octopoda
order Odonata
order oedogoniales
order of business
order of magnitude (current term)
Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
order of payment
order of Saint Benedict
order of the day
Order of the Purple Heart
order Oleales
order Ophioglossales
order Opiliones
order Opuntiales
order Orchidales
order Ornithischia
order Orthoptera
order Ostariophysi
order Ostracodermi

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