Everything about Million totally explained
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's written as 10
6.
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 (and also to the proposed
Rowlett numbering system), 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
millione, "a large thousand".
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 doesn't 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 isn't helped by the fact that it doesn't have a distinct pronunciation.
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