long scale

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long scale

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Calque of French échelle longue.

noun

A system of numeric names in which every new term with -illion greater than million is 1,000,000 times the previous term (e.g. a billion is a million million).

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Español	escala larga
Português	escala longa
Français	échelle longue
Italiano	scala lunga

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"long scale." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/long%20scale. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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long scale. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/long%20scale

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"long scale." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/long%20scale.

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@misc{long_scale_2026,
  title = {long scale},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/long%20scale},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}