[meteorite-list] Fw: term definitions and usage

From: André Knöfel <aknoefel_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 11:08:08 +0200 (MEST)
Message-ID: <201107250908.p6P988jv010326_at_post.webmailer.de>

This website is maybe useful:

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/LargeNumber.html

Best

Andr?


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Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: term definitions and usage
Gesendet: Mo, 25. Jul 2011
Von: Michael Bross<element33 at peconic.net>

> Hi Doug, List,
>
> What do you mean with "many Europeans consider the billion with 12 zeros" ?
> Billion is called "Milliard" (and subsequent language variations) and has 9
>
> zeros, like Giga.
>
> All the best
> MB
>
>
>
> From: MexicoDoug
> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 3:54 AM
> To: clp at alumni.caltech.edu ; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: term definitions and usage
>
>
> Many Europeans consider the billion with 12 zeros (1,000,000,000,000),
> while in the US and many other countries, it has been considered nine
> zeros, a thousand million. Giga has the benefit of only referring to
> nine zeros everywhere ...
>
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