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Long and short scales

The long and short scales are two powers-of-ten number-naming systems that are consistent with each other for smaller numbers, but are distinct for larger numbers. Much of the world has adopted either the short or long scale. Countries using the long scale include most countries in continental Europe and most that are French-speaking, German-speaking and…

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Long and short scales

Nodes124
Edges123
Triples2
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.016129
Components1

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Long and short scales

Top relations

related to By continent · 2
Long and short scales → For, The

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Important terminology

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Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Long and short scalesrelated to By continentThe0.60section
Long and short scalesrelated to By continentFor0.60section

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