order of magnitude

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

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.

Συνώνυμα

magnitude

order

digit

amplitude

magnitude order

greatness

decade

Μεταφράσεις

Größenordnung

ordre de grandeur

ordem de grandeza

Tragbalken

Träger

Sparre

Brückenbalken

grandeur

ordre

magnitude

Querbalken

grado

livello

ordine di grandezza

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

18th century, in the sense "magnitude (brightness class) of a star", informed by the Greek τῶν μεγάλων τάξις (tôn megálōn táxis) (Ptolemy).