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The Britannica Dictionary order of magnitude 1 ENTRIES FOUND:

• order of magnitude (noun)

order of magnitude noun plural orders of magnitude order of magnitude noun plural orders of magnitude Britannica Dictionary definition of ORDER OF MAGNITUDE [count] : a range of numbers or sizes that goes from a particular number or size to 10 times larger or 10 times smaller

• These molecules are several orders of magnitude smaller than a grain of sand.
• Donations to the organization increased by an order of magnitude [=they became 10 times greater] after the earthquake.

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• two problems of the same order of magnitude [=two problems that are equally important]

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