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English translation: order of magnitude

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Chinese term or phrase:	量系
English translation:	order of magnitude
Entered by:	Wilman

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01:06 Feb 7, 2008

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Chinese term or phrase: 量系

这其中的三个光子同时劈裂成这个三对光子,这样的一种事件发生的机率是非常小的,大概只有十的负三次立方这样一个量系

Wilman KudoZ activity Questions: 742 (none open) (27 closed without grading) Answers: 108 United States
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order of magnitude

Explanation:
order of magnitude

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Note added at 9 mins (2008-02-07 01:15:21 GMT)
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量系 could be 量级 or 数量级.

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On a scale of

Lucy Liang

3 +2

order of magnitude

franksf

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peer agreement (net): +2

order of magnitude

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Thanks.

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On a scale of

Explanation:
on a scale of 10 to the...

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Note added at 14 hrs (2008-02-07 15:26:59 GMT)
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thank you for your comment, franksf, but we use 'scale' in this sense daily within our research group, in this context, it's quite straightforward. Perhaps the way we use 'scale' is too much of a spoken language. I appreciate your input.

Lucy Liang
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Chinese

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