I have to explain a range of measures affecting a specific value, so I think writing this sentence:
response time is limited to units of second in order of magnitude
Is it correct?
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Sign up to join this communityI have to explain a range of measures affecting a specific value, so I think writing this sentence:
response time is limited to units of second in order of magnitude
Is it correct?
It sounds a bit weird for me to use order of magnitude in this context. I'd more likely write
response time is a matter of seconds
In my opinion, order of magnitude
should rather be used in comparision, such as The power output of our new device exceeds yours by several orders of magnitude
.