Spanish: órdenEnglish translation: order of magnitude 
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Science - Mathematics & Statistics / Mexico | | Spanish term or phrase: órden | concentraciones detectadas en los puntos de sondeo arriba mencionados fueron de 1 308,704 a 2 826,040 mg/kg, significando de tres a seis ***ordenes*** por arriba del valor de referencia establecido en las tablas de PGR's
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| | | orders of magnitude | Explanation:
The original text should be read as ordenes [de magnitud]. It should probably have been written that way too. In Spanish the incomplete frasing is realtively common (though I think it detracts from clarity), while in English I have never seen "orders" by itself. |
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Daniel Cincunegui
Argentina
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| órden exponentially larger by a power of three to six.
Explanation:
I am 99% certain that this is the SENSE/MEANING, yet I am still trying to think of a more eloquent phrasing in English...
... equivalency to the equation,. x n + y n = z n. with the terms in whole numbers and with exponents/powers above two. Fermat wrote his last ...
www.earthmatrix.com/fermats/powers_and_patterns.html
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Note added at 21 mins (2004-06-02 22:23:53 GMT)
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exponentially larger than the reference value by a power of three to six.
it may be redundant to use \'exponentially\' together with \'a power of,\' but it shouldn\'t change the meaning
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Note added at 25 mins (2004-06-02 22:27:36 GMT)
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Yes, I feel really good about my answer:
http://www.google.com/search?&q=%22larger+by+a+power+of%22
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Note added at 26 mins (2004-06-02 22:28:27 GMT)
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\"larger than the .... by a power of three to six\" should suffice.
Exponentially is probably redundant.
| kellyn
United States
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| órden orders of magnitude
Explanation:
The original text should be read as ordenes [de magnitud]. It should probably have been written that way too. In Spanish the incomplete frasing is realtively common (though I think it detracts from clarity), while in English I have never seen "orders" by itself.
| | Note from asker to answerer| Thanks Daniel and thanks Kelly for your help |
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