short scale

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Long and short scales

Etymology

Calque of French échelle courte.

Noun

short scale

A system of numeric names in which every new term with -illion greater than million is 1,000 times the previous term. (i.e., a billion is a thousand million.)

Related terms

long scale

Translations

Translations

Catalan: escala curta f
Esperanto: mallonga skalo
French: échelle courte (fr) f
Italian: scala corta f
Portuguese: escala curta f
Spanish: escala corta f

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