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a degree in a continuum of size or quantity

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  1. n. a degree in a continuum of size or quantity
  2. n. a number assigned to the ratio of two quantities; two quantities are of the same order of magnitude if one is less than 10 times as large as the other; the number of magnitudes that the quantities differ is specified to within a power of 10