Definition:Milli-Millillion/Linguistic Note
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Historical Note on Milli-Millillion
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.
Sources
- 1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers ... (previous) ... (next): $10^{63}$
- 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $10^{63}$