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Order of magnitude

An order of magnitude is the class of scale or magnitude of any amount, where each class contains values of a fixed ratio to the class preceding it. The ratio most commonly used is 10.

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Order of magnitude - Wikipedia
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Keywords and Synonyms

Order of magnitude, Magnitude Comparison, Orders of Magnitude, Scale, Orders of magnitudes

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