Order of magnitude

A degree in a continuum of size or quantity

Synonyms

Order

Type of

Magnitude

Examples

An explosion of a low order of magnitude

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

Synonyms

Magnitude

Type of

Ratio