order of magnitude en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
18th 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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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 Zeitschrift, v 23, pp 340-344, 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.
However, this pales to insignificance against the massive volume of spoken language, for with over 500 patrons, any given second of the lunch hour would result in a spoken word count in the thousands, and the whole lunch hour would see a word count orders of magnitude larger than 3000.
2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 8:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| orders of magnitude | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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ko 크기 자릿수 (class of scale) · tr büyüklük mertebesi (class of scale) · fr ordre de grandeur (class of scale) · fi suuruusluokka (class of scale) · ca ordre de magnitud (class of scale) · sv storleksordning (class of scale) · ja 桁 (class of scale) · uk порядок величини (class of scale) · vi bậc độ lớn (class of scale) · hu nagyságrend (class of scale) · de Größenordnung (class of scale) · th อันดับของขนาด (class of scale) · et suurusjärk (class of scale) · cmn 數量級 /数量级 (class of scale) · pl rząd wielkości (class of scale) · pt ordem de grandeza (class of scale) · kk реттік шама (class of scale) · nb størrelsesorden (class of scale) · fi kertaluokka (class of scale) · ko 크기 정도 (class of scale) · nl orde van grootte (class of scale) · ga ord méadaíochta (class of scale) · he סֵדֶר גֹּדֶל (class of scale) · es orden de magnitud (class of scale)