The class of scale or magnitude of any amount, where each class contains values of a fixed ratio (most often 10) to the class preceding it. For example, something that is 2 orders of magnitude larger is 100 times larger, something that is 3 orders of magnitude larger is 1000 times larger, and something that is 6 orders of magnitude larger is a million times larger, because = 100, = 1000, and = a million.
Nevertheless numerical values to characterise broad bands or "orders of magnitude" for some key properties are also helpful.
Numeriska värden är emellertid också till nytta när man fastställer "breda intervall" eller "storleksordningar" för vissa viktigare egenskaper.EurLex-2 EurLex-2