order of magnitude
noun phrase
: a range of magnitude extending from some value to ten times that value
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So the order of magnitude of the demand is astronomical.
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Fortune Editors, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2024
As a result, the scientists could reduce the input power the device required by roughly an order of magnitude.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 Mar. 2024
And not by a little, either — by an order of magnitude.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2024
This pairs a team’s ability to execute with an almost competitive product in a climate-effective technology bucket to understand the order of magnitude that your multiple can achieve.
—Stephen Armstrong, WIRED, 13 Feb. 2024
Go up another order of magnitude, and the LLM can now perform tasks that require four skills at once, again with the same level of competency.
—Quanta Magazine, 22 Jan. 2024
The crystal in question, called a nanocomposite superlattice, leads to an order of magnitude improvement in the amount of power needed to write a bit, according to research reported last week in Nature Communications.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Jan. 2024
All of that has played a role in silencing global criticism of the IDF's actions even as the death toll from its war against Hamas stretches an order of magnitude beyond that of Hamas' October 7 atrocities.
—Wired Staff, WIRED, 28 Dec. 2023
For Cohen, who has produced concerts and broadcast shows to Angelenos for decades, the LAX contract will be his biggest audience to date by an order of magnitude, even if many of those passengers will barely notice it.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2024
Fortune Editors, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2024
As a result, the scientists could reduce the input power the device required by roughly an order of magnitude.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 Mar. 2024
And not by a little, either — by an order of magnitude.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2024
This pairs a team’s ability to execute with an almost competitive product in a climate-effective technology bucket to understand the order of magnitude that your multiple can achieve.
—Stephen Armstrong, WIRED, 13 Feb. 2024
Go up another order of magnitude, and the LLM can now perform tasks that require four skills at once, again with the same level of competency.
—Quanta Magazine, 22 Jan. 2024
The crystal in question, called a nanocomposite superlattice, leads to an order of magnitude improvement in the amount of power needed to write a bit, according to research reported last week in Nature Communications.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Jan. 2024
All of that has played a role in silencing global criticism of the IDF's actions even as the death toll from its war against Hamas stretches an order of magnitude beyond that of Hamas' October 7 atrocities.
—Wired Staff, WIRED, 28 Dec. 2023
For Cohen, who has produced concerts and broadcast shows to Angelenos for decades, the LAX contract will be his biggest audience to date by an order of magnitude, even if many of those passengers will barely notice it.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2024
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