Dictionary

short scale en · NOUN

Etymology

Calque of French échelle courte.

Meanings

1. 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.)

Relateds

long scale

Translations (6)

it scala corta (Translations) · eo mallonga skalo (Translations) · ca escala curta (Translations) · es escala corta (Translations) · fr échelle courte (Translations) · pt escala curta (Translations)