← Back to context Comment by efilife 2 years ago > Reading is about an order of magnitude faster than writingnot a native speaker, what does it mean? 7 comments efilife Reply MalcolmDwyer 2 years ago Order of magnitude usually refers to a 10x difference. Two orders of magnitude would be 100x difference.(Sometimes the phrase is casually used to just mean "a lot", but here I think they mean 10x). lionkor 2 years ago An order of magnitude is for example from 10 to 100, or from 1,000 to 10,000, so typically an increase by 10x or similar. Null-Set 2 years ago (Very) approximately 10 times faster begrid 2 years ago Reading is about 10 times faster than writing
MalcolmDwyer 2 years ago Order of magnitude usually refers to a 10x difference. Two orders of magnitude would be 100x difference.(Sometimes the phrase is casually used to just mean "a lot", but here I think they mean 10x).
lionkor 2 years ago An order of magnitude is for example from 10 to 100, or from 1,000 to 10,000, so typically an increase by 10x or similar.
Order of magnitude usually refers to a 10x difference. Two orders of magnitude would be 100x difference.
(Sometimes the phrase is casually used to just mean "a lot", but here I think they mean 10x).
An order of magnitude is for example from 10 to 100, or from 1,000 to 10,000, so typically an increase by 10x or similar.
(Very) approximately 10 times faster
Reading is about 10 times faster than writing