Million
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| List of numbers - Integers | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal | One million | |
| Ordinal | One millionth | |
| Factorization | 26 · 56 | |
| Binary | 11110100001001000000 | |
| Hexadecimal | F4240 | |
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One million (1,000,000), or one thousand thousand, is the natural number following 999,999 and preceding 1,000,001.
In scientific notation, it is written as 1×106 or just 106.[1] Physical quantities can also be expressed using the SI prefix mega, when dealing with SI units. For example, 1 megawatt equals 1,000,000 watts.
The million is sometimes used in the English language as a metaphor for a very large number, as in "Never in a million years" and "You're one in a million", or a hyperbole, as in "I've walked a million miles". Il Milione is the title of Marco Polo's narration of his travel to China. The name is supposed to come from Polo's nickname after his tales of riches and multitudes.
The word "million" is common to the short scale and long scale numbering systems, unlike the larger numbers, which have different names in the two systems.
The name is derived from Italian, where mille was 1,000, and 1,000,000 became milione, "a large thousand".
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The word million
In standard English, the -lli- in million is pronounced with an l-sound followed by a y-glide. However, as other languages use a fully palatalized 'l' in this word (such as Italian spells by 'gl'), some English-speakers have picked up this pronunciation, which does not occur elsewhere in the English language but in words of this model.
This word is the most common of words ending in -lion. In American English this can cause spelling confusion due to its double 'll' while words like 'vermilion', 'pavilion', etc. are spelled with a single 'l'. This is not helped by the fact that it does not have a distinct pronunciation.
Abbreviation
Million has been abbreviated as both "M" and "MM" in history. The "M" abbreviation is now most common, and the use of "MM" is discouraged.[2]
See also
- Orders of magnitude (numbers) to help compare dimensionless numbers between 1,000,000 and 10,000,000 (106 and 107).
- Names of large numbers
- Selected 7-digit numbers
References
- ^ Wells, D. The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers London: Penguin Group. (1987): 185. "1,000,000 = 106"
- ^ http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictM.html
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