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> "on the order of" 1000000 means any number from 1000001 through 9999999 Not exactly. It can also mean anything from 500,000 to 4,999,999, or 316,228 to 3,162
by palunon 8y ago
> "on the order of" 1000000 means any number from 1000001 through 9999999
Not exactly. It can also mean anything from 500,000 to 4,999,999, or 316,228 to 3,162,277...
See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_magnitude https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_magnitude
But yeah, it doesn't mean approximately