RE: Order of Magnitude

[Kim Roper <kim -dot- roper -at- vitana -dot- com>]

Dick Margulis explains:
 
> Order of magnitude has a specific meaning and it is not a new 
> term. 

This is absolutely correct.

> If something is two to three times larger, it is not an order 
> of magnitude larger. 

Oooh, you're assuming a decimal scale ... bad assumption if you're working
on a log scale like, say, decibels (dB).

> If it is 100 times larger, it is two 
> orders of magnitude larger.

But I will concede that that is the usual usage :>

Cheers ... Kim
kim.roper at vitana.com
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