short scale

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short scale

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Calque of French échelle courte.

noun

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

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Español	escala corta
Português	escala curta
Français	échelle courte
Italiano	scala corta

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

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

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

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@misc{short_scale_2026,
  title = {short scale},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/short%20scale},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}