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orders of magnitude

orders of magnitude is the plural of order of magnitude.

Meaning of order of magnitude

Noun

order of magnitude (plural orders of magnitude)

  1. 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.
    • However, we notice that although this contraction is of order of magnitude v²:c², it changes the most important terms of electromagnetic mass, i.e, the rest mass.2011, Enrico Fermi, Wikisource (translator), Concerning a Contradiction between the Electrodynamic and Relativistic Theory of Electromagnetic Mass, 1922, Enrico Fermi, Über einen Widerspruch zwischen...
    Synonyms:
    OOM

Questions about orders of magnitude

What is orders of magnitude the plural of?
Orders of magnitude is the plural of order of magnitude.

Words near orders of magnitude in the dictionary

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