order of magnitude

scale of numbers with a fixed ratio
Intangible mathematical_concept Q518730
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order of magnitude

Summary

order of magnitude is a mathematical concept[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of mathematical_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (623 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • order of magnitude's instance of is recorded as mathematical concept[3].
  • order of magnitude's GND ID is recorded as 4388665-6[4].
  • order of magnitude's subclass of is recorded as magnitude[5].
  • order of magnitude's has use is recorded as scale analysis[6].
  • order of magnitude's has use is recorded as back-of-the-envelope calculation[7].
  • order of magnitude's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05n_j[8].
  • order of magnitude's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Orders of magnitude[9].
  • order of magnitude's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0192320[10].
  • order of magnitude's topic has template is recorded as Template:Orders of magnitude[11].
  • order of magnitude's topic has template is recorded as Template:Orders of magnitude[12].
  • order of magnitude's used by is recorded as spatial scale[13].
  • order of magnitude's uses is recorded as scientific notation[14].
  • order of magnitude's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00052758n[15].
  • order of magnitude's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1hb_fxq7z[16].
  • order of magnitude's MathWorld ID is recorded as OrderofMagnitude[17].
  • order of magnitude's Quora topic ID is recorded as Order-Of-Magnitude[18].
  • order of magnitude's Cultureel Woordenboek ID is recorded as wiskunde/orde-van-grootte[19].
  • order of magnitude's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[20].
  • order of magnitude's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 140551693[21].
  • order of magnitude's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as ordre-de-magnitud[22].

Why It Matters

order of magnitude ranks in the top 4% of mathematical_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (623 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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