[meteorite-list] Fw: term definitions and usage

From: Göran Axelsson <axelsson_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 19:04:42 +0200
Message-ID: <4E2DA22A.1030906_at_acc.umu.se>

I don't know about other countries, but in Sweden we have :
   Miljon = 10^6
   Miljard = 10^9
   Biljon = 10^12
   Biljard = 10^15

1 Ga i always 10^9 years.

/G?ran

Michael Bross skrev 2011-07-25 10:54:
> 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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