Billion - Synonyms

The word "billion" and its equivalents in other languages refer to one of two different numbers, depending on whether the writer is using the long or short scale. Billion - 10^12. The original meaning, established in the 15th century, was "a million of a million" (1,000,0002, hence the name billion), or 1012 = 1 000 000 000 000. This system, known in French as the échelle longue ("long scale"), was used unti ...

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The facts below give a sense of how large one billion (taken as 109) is in the context of passage of time. About a billion seconds ago, the parents of middle school children were themselves in elementary school. (One billion seconds is roughly 31.7 years.) About a billion minutes ago, the Roman Empire was flourishing. (One billion minutes is roughly 1,900 years.) About a billion hours ago, modern men and their ancestors were living in the Stone Age (more precisely, the Middle Pa ...

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