order of magnitude
UKɔːdərɔfmægnitjuːd
معنی فارسی
مرتبه بزرگي
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
The word 'order' comes from the Old French 'ordre', meaning 'order, arrangement'. The word 'magnitude' comes from the Latin 'magnitudo', meaning 'greatness, size'.
مثال
- The earthquake was of such a high order of magnitude that it caused widespread destruction.
- The difference in population between the two cities is several orders of magnitude.
- The complexity of the problem increased by an order of magnitude.
ترکیبهای رایج
High order of magnitude Difference in order of magnitude Increase by an order of magnitude Approximate order of magnitude
تعریف انگلیسی
noun
- a degree in a continuum of size or quantity “it was on the order of a mile” “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