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order of magnitude

noun

Etymology

18th century, in the sense "magnitude (brightness class) of a star", informed by the Greek τῶν μεγάλων τάξις (tôn megálōn táxis) (Ptolemy).

Definitions

  1. The class of scale or magnitude of any amount, where each class contains values of a…

    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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for order of magnitude. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA