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Old 01-29-2018, 10:09 AM   #29
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
I'm afraid I must respectfully disagree. The term "order of magnitude" has a precise meaning - certainly in the worlds of science and mathematics. It means "a factor of 10" and nothing else.
In math and science, "order of magnitude" is often used with respect to the base of operations—that is, if you're doing binary math, an order of magnitude is often (but not always) a factor of 2. If you're working in decimal then base 10 is implicit, but if you're working in another base it's best to specify "decimal order of magnitude" or "binary order of magnitude" (or whatever) explicitly to avoid confusion.

http://teachertech.rice.edu/Particip...magnitude.html
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/bo...-of-magnitude/
http://www.abelard.org/sums/teaching...logarithms.php
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