order of magnitude

英 [ˌɔːdər əv ˈmæɡnɪtjuːd]

美 [ˌɔːrdər əv ˈmæɡnɪtuːd]

n.  数量级(量度物理量大小的标准，用以10为底的指数表达)

计算机

牛津词典

noun

• 数量级（量度物理量大小的标准，用以10为底的指数表达）
  a level in a system of ordering things by size or amount, where each level is higher by a factor of ten
  1. The actual measurement is two orders of magnitude (= a hundred times) greater than we expected.
     实际测量结果比我们预料的大两个量级（即一百倍）。
  2. The problem is of the same order of magnitude for all concerned.
     这个问题对有关各方的影响是一样大的。

英英释义

noun

• a degree in a continuum of size or quantity
  1. it was on the order of a mile
  2. an explosion of a low order of magnitude
  Synonym:order
• a number assigned to the ratio of two quantities
  Synonym:magnitude

双语例句

• The gravimetric hydrogen production rate exceeds that of other solar-driven thermochemical processes by more than an order of magnitude.
  而分解出氢的效率以重量计算可比其它太阳能热制程的效率高出一个数量级。
• The estimate for the building work is of the order of magnitude we were expecting.
  对建造房子所花费用的估计和我们预料的差不多。
• Most software projects have requirements backlogs that are too big& often by an order of magnitude.
  大多数软件项目都有庞大的需求积压&通常按照数量级进行排列。
• The country's debt this year will be of the same order of magnitude as it was last year.
  今年这个国家所欠的债务和去年相比在一个数量级上。
• Other witnesses have reported numbers of a similar order of magnitude.
  其他见证者报告的数量级类似。
• You should aim at improving the current limits by one order of magnitude on paper.
  研究的目标应该在纸上作业把目前的实验极限提升一个数量级。
• The extremely crude treatment serves to estimate the order of magnitude of the response.
  精确度很差的处理方法可以用来估计响应的数量级。
• A good framework can reduce the cost of developing an application by an order of magnitude.
  一个好的框架可大大降低应用系统的开发成本。
• In troposcatter transmission it turns out that M is of the order of magnitude of100 to1000.
  在对流层散射通讯中已证明M在100到1000的数量级。
• America and Russia do not face a problem of the same order of magnitude as Japan.
  美俄两国所面临问题的重要性与日本的不可同日而语。