| NOUN | attribute | order of magnitude, order | a degree in a continuum of size or quantity |
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| relation | order of magnitude, magnitude | a number assigned to the ratio of two quantities |
| Meaning | A degree in a continuum of size or quantity. | |
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| Example | "an explosion of a low order of magnitude" | |
| Synonym | order | |
| Broader | magnitude | The property of relative size or extent (whether large or small) |
| Spanish | grado | |
| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonym | magnitude | |
| Broader | ratio | The relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient) |
| Spanish | magnitud | |
| Catalan | magnitud | |
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