[extropy-chat] a nano question

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Amara wrote:

> in Italian (today),
> 
> 10^3 = one thousand = uno mille
> 10^6 = one million = uno milione
> 10^9 = one billion = uno miliardo
> 
> (from Latin, I think)


'Miliardo' is a French ('Milliard') word (and it is 
a common word to many other languages other than English).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milliard

It seems we (Italians) also have
'Bilione' (10^12) and 'Biliardo'
(10^15), but we did not use them,
as far as I know.

s.

For another kind of 'Biliardo' see
http://dorigo.wordpress.com/2007/04/02/its-the-kinematics-stupid/