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

• Sorting the derived dataset can easily accelerate the overall operation by an order of magnitude or more.
  对派生的数据集进行排序可以轻松地使整个操作加速一个或几个数量级。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• But they give an approximate order of magnitude.
  但它们反映出了大致的数量级。
• Potentially catastrophic tsunamis, a study says, making the risk of tsunamis an order of magnitude greater than current global estimates suggest.
  一项研究说，即便是在海地等沿海地区的断层发生一般的地震也可能导致灾难性的海啸，这让海啸的风险比目前的全球估计大了1个数量级。
• But it's going to give us the right order of magnitude that states are there that are accessible?
  但是它会给出我们想知道的数量级，有多少可能出现的状态？
• In the last 10 years researchers have advanced by roughly an order of magnitude.
  在过去10年中，研究人员大约前进了一个数量级。
• 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。