short scale

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Etymology

Calque of French échelle courte.

Noun

short scale

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.)

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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