• Umbrias@beehaw.org
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    3 days ago

    largest to smallest is correct. 1 mile is larger than 20 meters. if i had specified numerical value or somesuch, maybe you’d be correct. though significance works as well.

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      3 days ago

      Largest to smallest is at best ambiguous. It can refer to the size of the number itself, or the size of the unit.

      There is a reason this exact concept in maths/computer science is known as the “significance” of the digit. Eg. The “least significant bit” in binary is the last one.