storleksordning

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Etymology

storlek (size) +‎ -s- +‎ ordning (order)

Noun

storleksordning c

  1. an order of magnitude
    Den nya motorn var tre storleksordningar starkare än den föregående
    The new engine was three orders of magnitude stronger than the previous one
    1. magnitude, scale, order (approximate size)
      – Flera tusen alltså? – Ja, något i den storleksordningen.
      – So several thousand? – Yeah, roughly that order of magnitude / something on that scale.
      Vilken storleksordning snackar vi om?
      What magnitude are we talking about?
      Vi har aldrig sett siffror i den här storleksordningen tidigare
      We have never seen numbers of this magnitude before
      Ökningen är i storleksordningen 15–20 procent
      The increase is in the order of 15⁠–⁠20 percent
      Att planera ett evenemang i den här storleksordningen kan vara svårt
      Planning an event on this scale can be difficult
  2. order of size
    en lista med Sveriges landskap i storleksordning
    a list of the provinces of Sweden in order of size

Declension

Declension of storleksordning
nominative genitive
singular indefinite storleksordning storleksordnings
definite storleksordningen storleksordningens
plural indefinite storleksordningar storleksordningars
definite storleksordningarna storleksordningarnas

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