[meteorite-list] Fw: term definitions and usage

[Michael Bross]

Hi Doug, List,

What do you mean with "many Europeans consider the billion with 12 zeros" ?
Billion is called "Milliard" (and subsequent language variations) and has 9 
zeros, like Giga.

All the best
MB



From: MexicoDoug
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 3:54 AM
To: clp at alumni.caltech.edu ; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: term definitions and usage


Many Europeans consider the billion with 12 zeros (1,000,000,000,000),
while in the US and many other countries, it has been considered nine
zeros, a thousand million.  Giga has the benefit of only referring to
nine zeros everywhere ...