Definition:Milli-Millillion
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Definition
Short Scale
Milli-millillion is a name for $10^{3 \, 000 \, 003}$ in the short scale system:
- One milli-millillion $= 10^{3 \times 1 \, 000 \, 000 + 3}$
Long Scale
Milli-millillion is a name for $10^{6 \, 000 \, 000}$ in the long scale system:
- One milli-millillion $= 10^{6 \times 1 \, 000 \, 000}$
Linguistic Note
David Wells, in his Curious and Interesting Numbers, 2nd ed. of $1997$, quotes his source as expressing regret that milli-millillion:
- may well be one of the least-frequently used words in the English language.
The author of this webpage is racking his brains to try to come up with the remotest opportunity for its use outside gameshows.