设$f\in A[[X_1,\cdots,X_m]]$满足$f = O(N)$, $g_1,\cdots,g_m\in A[[X_1,\cdots,X_n]]$满足对任意$1\le j\le m$有$g_j = O(N')$. 由形式幂级数复合的结合律、线性性和命题\ref{2.1.3}下面的注记 (ii) (分别令$\bm{l} = (1,0,\cdots,0),\cdots,(0,\cdots,0,1)$)有 \begin{align*} &f(ag_1,\cdots,ag_m) - a^Nf(g_1,\cdots,g_m) \\ = &f(aX_1,\cdots,aX_m)(g_1,\cdots,g_m) - (a^Nf)(X_1,\cdots,X_m)(g_1,\cdots,g_m) \\ = &(f(aX_1,\cdots,aX_m) - (a^Nf)(X_1,\cdots,X_m))(g_1,\cdots,g_m), \end{align*} 其中若$A$无单位元, 则$ (aX_j)^{m}_{j=1}$的含义见第\pageref{prod}页. 容易证明$f(aX_1,\cdots,aX_m) - (a^Nf)(X_1,\cdots,X_m) = O(N+1)$, 因此由形式幂级数复合的阶有 \begin{equation*} f(ag_1,\cdots,ag_m) = a^Nf(g_1,\cdots,g_m) + O((N+1)N'). \end{equation*}