What is it called when something is a factor of a 1000 off?

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2007-05-25 12:22:30 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics

Thanks Doug, that was it, orders of magnitude.

2007-05-25 12:33:28 · update #1

'It's off by three orders of magnitude' is what I;ve always heard.

Doug

2007-05-25 12:29:29 · answer #1 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋

Off by three orders of magnitude.

2007-05-25 12:32:21 · answer #2 · answered by ironduke8159 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋

You probably mean milli, as in millisecond is a thousandth of a second

2007-05-25 12:27:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋

A really bad estimate.

2007-05-25 12:25:19 · answer #4 · answered by TFV 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋