long scale
long scale · long scales
A system of numeric names in which every new term with -illion greater than million is…A system of numeric names in which every new term with -illion greater than million is 1,000,000 times the previous term (e.g. a billion is a million million).
Meaning
1 sensesA system of numeric names in which every new term with -illion greater than million is 1,000,000 times the previous term (e.g. a billion is a million million).
Translations
4 languagesOrigin
Calque of French échelle longue.Calque of French échelle longue.
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Forms
plural: long scales| Singular | long scale |
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedshort scale