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A system of numeric names in which every new term with -illion greater than million is 1,000 times the previous term. (i.e., a billion is a thousand million.)

See Also
illion long scale
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Rhyming Words
ale gale dale bale pale tale cale kale hale sale nale yale vale zale rale swale orale teale peale whale
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