order of magnitude

British  

noun

1. Also called: order.  the approximate size of something, esp measured in powers of 10

   the order of magnitude of the deficit was as expected

   their estimates differ by an order of magnitude

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Example Sentences

In hardware tests and simulations, the 3D chip beats 2D chips by roughly an order of magnitude.

From Science Daily

“It’s more than an order of magnitude of intensity and complexity.”

From The Wall Street Journal

As Gelman observes, the problem with this approach as policy “is not just the innumeracy, it’s the blithe disregard for it, the idea that being off by multiple orders of magnitude ... just doesn’t matter.”

From Los Angeles Times

“As AI adoption expands from consumer chatbots to broader enterprise and industry use cases, we estimate that the required compute capacity could be orders of magnitude greater than today’s installed base,” wrote Haefele.

From Barron's

“As AI adoption expands from consumer chatbots to broader enterprise and industry use cases, we estimate that the required compute capacity could be orders of magnitude greater than today’s installed base,” wrote Haefele.

From Barron's