long scale en · NOUN
Etymology
Calque of French échelle longue.
Meanings
- 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).
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Translations (6)
fr échelle longue (Translations) · ca escala llarga (Translations) · it scala lunga (Translations) · es escala larga (Translations) · pt escala longa (Translations) · eo longa skalo (Translations)