order of magnitude

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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.

Konzepte

Spiere

Tragbalken

Sparre

Brückenbalken

Etymologie (Englisch)

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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