Renaming the Extended Numbers

Authors

John Candelaria

Abstract

In the August 1975 Word Ways, I proposed a nomenclature for very large numbers, all of the form in which 1 is followed by a string of 0s. In this article, I modify the nomenclature slightly for two reasons: to adhere more closely to classical Latin prefixes, and to introduce a systematic use of the prefix milli-.

Recommended Citation

Candelaria, John (1976) "Renaming the Extended Numbers," Word Ways: Vol. 9 : Iss. 1 , Article 15.
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