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Old 24-08-2015, 12:43 PM
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Originally Posted by PCH View Post
The OED offers more than the 'power of 10' as a meaning for the expression 'order of magnitude' though.

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/de...r-of-magnitude

So it would seem the SMH reporter was quite right to use the expression to convey the idea of simple 'size or quantity'.
Hopefully not for the same reason that "New cue lar", has become an accepted pronounciation for 'nuclear'.