order of magnitude
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.
» That problem is of another order of magnitude.
Das ist ein Problem von ganz anderem Ausmaß. — Tamy
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1 sensesThe 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.
Größenordnung
порядок величиниporjadok velyčyny
- 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
- a degree in a continuum of size or quantity
Examples
4 sentencesThat problem is of another order of magnitude.
deDas ist ein Problem von ganz anderem Ausmaß. — Tamy
This oil field used to produce an order of magnitude more oil as it does now.
We also had problems in the past, but this time it's of a different order of magnitude.
The antagonist is simultaneously a strawman for everything the author hates and the most likeable character by several orders of magnitude.
ruАнтагонист – карикатура на всё, что автор ненавидит, и в то же время на несколько порядков симпатичнее всех остальных персонажей. — Ooneykcall
Translations
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Origin
18th century, in the sense "magnitude (brightness class) of a star", informed by the Greek18th century, in the sense "magnitude (brightness class) of a star", informed by the Greek τῶν μεγάλων τάξις (tôn megálōn táxis) (Ptolemy).
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Forms
plural: orders of magnitude| Singular | order of magnitude |
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irregular · Lesson
Synonyms
3 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.