This website is maybe useful: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/LargeNumber.html
Best André ----- original Nachricht -------- Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: term definitions and usage Gesendet: Mo, 25. Jul 2011 Von: Michael Bross<elemen...@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: c...@alumni.caltech.edu ; meteorite-list@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 ... > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > --- original Nachricht Ende ---- ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
