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[ noun ] a degree in a continuum of size or quantity
Synonyms Examples "it was on the order of a mile" "an explosion of a low order of magnitude" Used in print (Francis J. Johnston and John E. Willard, "The...)These estimates indicated that the quantum yield for the exchange of chlorine with liquid carbon_tetrachloride at 65 ` is of the order_of_magnitude of unity . (J. F. Vedder, "Micrometeorites", in Francis S. J...)Even in the neighborhood of the Earth , where information has been obtained both directly and indirectly , the derived flux values vary by at_least four orders_of_magnitude . Ninety per_cent of the 153 recorded impacts occurred between midnight and noon , and from day to day the variation of the rate was as much as an order_of_magnitude . Note that the mass scale is one to two orders_of_magnitude greater than some previously used ; for_example , Jacchia ( 1948 ) derived a scale of 0.15 g for a * * f , zero magnitude meteorite . These extrapolated fluxes are about an order_of_magnitude less_than the values from the satellite data and the figures in Whipple 's table . |
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