order of magnitude

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

ordre de grandeur

grandeur

ordre

magnitude

Synonymes

magnitude

order

digit

amplitude

magnitude order

greatness

decade

Traductions

Größenordnung

ordem de grandeza

Spiere

Tragbalken

Träger

Sparre

Brückenbalken

grado

livello

ordine di grandezza

grandeza

magnitude

ordem de magnitude

magnitud

Étymologie (Anglais)

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