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To: RinaseaofDs; PIF
By definition, one order of magnitude is a 10x increase. One million (10^6) is three orders of magnitude larger than one thousand (10^3).
101 posted on 12/06/2018 5:08:23 PM PST by goldbux (No sufficiently rich interpreted language can represent its own semantics. — Alfred Tarski, 1936)
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To: goldbux

Only in a Base10 world.

Try casting out eights in Base9....

[I know the academics have come up with new terminology, but screw ‘em...]


108 posted on 12/06/2018 5:45:42 PM PST by Paladin2
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