English Explanatory Dictionary

long scale

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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).

Word forms

long scale

Etymology

Calque of French échelle longue.

Related words

short scale
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