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

• When auxiliary heaters are turned on the chamber pressure may rise by an order of magnitude or more.
  当辅助加热器接近燃烧室工作时，压强就可能上升一个数量级或更多。
• 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。
• During pre-concept phase, the development team provides a rough order of magnitude ( ROM) for proposed release content and ( not committed) target dates.
  在制定概念前阶段，开发团队提供粗数量级（ROM）的提议发布内容和（未确定的）目标日期。
• 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。
• There is much less index access and no index AND'ing so that the overall performance can be one or two order of magnitude better-depending on predicate selectivity.
  只有相当少的索引访问且没有索引AND'ing，这样整体性能将提高一个或两个数量级&取决于谓词选择。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• For a commercial software product, the Business Case should include a set of assumptions about the project and the order of magnitude return on investment ( ROI) if those assumptions are true.
  对一个商业软件产品来说，商业案例应该包括一组关于项目和投资收益（ROI）的数量级的假设。