There is bill- ion and mill- ard.Ī mill ard is the interval between a million and billion in long scale, but there is no interval in the short scale.
The main difference between the large numbers in the ending of the word. This is all getting confusing, and it would have been easier if everyone used the same numerical system. For example, a billion in short scale is 1,000,000,000 with 9 zeros, but this is called a millard in long scale, which is often called a thousand million.Ī billion in long scale is 1,000,000,000,000 with 12 zeros. There are different naming conventions across the world with numbers across the world. When we speak of short scale and long scale, we don’t mean musical instruments in this article.
