order of magnitude
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order of magnitude
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18th century, in the sense "magnitude (brightness class) of a star", informed by the Greek τῶν μεγάλων τάξις (tôn megálōn táxis) (Ptolemy).
noun orders of magnitude
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The class of scale or magnitude of any amount, where each class contains values of a fixed ratio (most often 10) to the class preceding it.
2011, Enrico Fermi, Wikisource (translator), Concerning a Contradiction between the Electrodynamic and Relativistic Theory of Electromagnetic Mass, 1922, Enrico Fermi, Über einen Widerspruch zwischen der elektrodynamischen und relativistischen Theorie der elektromagnetischen Masse, Physikalische Zei
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noun class of scale
| Español | orden de magnitud |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 크기 정도 keugi jeongdo, 크기 자릿수 keugi jaritsu |
| 日本語 | 桁 keta |
| 中文 | 數量級 /数量级 shùliàngjí |
| Português | ordem de grandeza |
| Français | ordre de grandeur |
| Deutsch | Größenordnung |
| Tiếng Việt | bậc độ lớn |
| עברית | סֵדֶר גֹּדֶל séder gódel |
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