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

• At first sight it might be thought that these two effects would be of the same order of magnitude.
  初看起来，可能会认为两个效应的大小属于同一个数量级。
• The raw material concentration is one order of magnitude lower than the concentration in the traditional fixed state process.
  原料浓度比传统定态过程低一个数量级。
• 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 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。
• In many cases, the price is lower by more than an order of magnitude.
  在很多情况中，价格会低一个数量级以上。
• So there seems to be a rough agreement on at least the order of magnitude of recent job losses.
  这样看来，至少在最近的失业情况的数量级上，前后两项调查得出了大致相同的结论。
• But they give an approximate order of magnitude.
  但它们反映出了大致的数量级。
• Comparing with the model-predicted values and the experimental data of conventional packed beds, KG a obtained from our experiment was approximately an order of magnitude higher.
  若与传统填充床的经验式和实验值比较，则高重力场下的KGa则大约高了一个数量级之多。
• The variation will be on the same order of magnitude as the average itself.
  变动的值，会和平均值本身有相同的数量级。
• 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。