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  2. Long and short scales - Wikipedia

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    The word milliard, or its translation, is found in many European languages and is used in those languages for 10 9. However, it is not found in American English, which uses billion, and not used in British English, which preferred to use thousand million before the current usage of billion.

  3. Billion - Wikipedia

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    Billion is a word for a large number, and it has two distinct definitions: 1,000,000,000 , i.e. one thousand million , or 10 9 (ten to the ninth power ), as defined on the short scale . This is now the most common sense of the word in all varieties of English; it has long been established in American English and has since become common in ...

  4. Names of large numbers - Wikipedia

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    Two naming scales for large numbers have been used in English and other European languages since the early modern era: the long and short scales. Most English variants use the short scale today, but the long scale remains dominant in many non-English-speaking areas, including continental Europe and Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America.

  5. 1,000,000,000 - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 January 2025. See also: Orders of magnitude (numbers) and Long and short scales Natural number 1000000000 List of numbers Integers ← 10 0 10 1 10 2 10 3 10 4 10 5 10 6 10 7 10 8 10 9 Cardinal One billion (short scale) One thousand million, or one milliard (long scale) Ordinal One billionth (short ...

  6. Large numbers - Wikipedia

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    The number of neuronal connections in the human brain (estimated at 10 14), or 100 trillion/100 T; The Avogadro constant is the number of "elementary entities" (usually atoms or molecules) in one mole; the number of atoms in 12 grams of carbon-12 – approximately 6.022 × 10 23, or 602.2 sextillion/60.2Sx.

  7. Google Translate - Wikipedia

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    Google Translate does not directly translate from one language to another (L1 → L2). Instead, it often translates first to English and then to the target language (L1 → EN → L2). [97] [98] [99] [8] [100] However, because English, like all human languages, is ambiguous and depends on context, this can cause translation errors.

  8. Giga- - Wikipedia

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    Giga-(/ ˈ ɡ ɪ ɡ ə / or / ˈ dʒ ɪ ɡ ə /) is a unit prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of a short-scale billion or long-scale milliard (10 9 or 1,000,000,000). It has the symbol G. Giga-is derived from the Greek word γίγας (gígas), meaning "giant".

  9. SpanishDict - Wikipedia

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    SpanishDict is a Spanish-American English reference, learning website, [1] and mobile application. [2] The website and mobile application feature a Spanish-American English dictionary and translator, verb conjugation tables, pronunciation videos, and language lessons. [3] SpanishDict is managed by Curiosity Media. [4]