When considering orders of magnitude the actual length may be approximated, it is the relative difference which is important. For instance there are three orders of magnitude between a fly (about ...

A change in quantity or volume as measured by the decimal point. For example, from tens to hundreds is one order of magnitude. Tens to thousands is two orders of magnitude; tens to millions is ...

For instance, the length of the leaf cell above is ten times the diameter of a red blood cell. If you increase a number by one order of magnitude, you are multiplying the number by 10. If you ...