[meteorite-list] term definitions and usage

From: Doug Ross <doug_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:16:23 -0700
Message-ID: <CE2CB92F-170F-4BC1-8DC3-2712B9CC28F7_at_dougross.net>

Hi Doug,

I'm not sure about China, but counting large numbers in Japanese is indeed based on 10^4 increments:

1,000 = 1 "sen"
10,000 = 1 "mahn"
100,000 = 10 "mahn"
1,000,000 = 100 "mahn"
10,000,000 = 1 "sen mahn"
100,000,000 = 1 "oku"

I believe it's similar in some other Asian languages, as well.

- Doug Ross

>
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but are big Chinese numbers are based on [10^4]^i.
> Kindest wishes
> Doug
Received on Tue 26 Jul 2011 12:16:23 AM PDT