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==Extensions of the standard dictionary numbers==
This table illustrates several systems for naming large numbers, and shows how they can be extended past [[decillion]] [http://home.comcast.net/~igpl/NWM.html].
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This table illustrates several systems for naming large numbers, and shows how they can be extended past [[decillion]].
 
Traditional British usage assigned new names for each power of one million (the [[long and short scales|long scale]]). It was adapted from French usage, and is similar to the system that was documented or invented by [[Nicolas Chuquet|Chuquet]].
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*[http://www.isthe.com/cgi-bin/number.cgi Name of a number] Automatic number-to-name converter by [[Landon Curt Noll]]
*[http://home.hetnet.nl/~vanadovv/BignumbyN.html Full list of large number names] list sorted by 10<sup>n</sup> and by word length
*[http://home.comcast.net/~igpl/NWM.html Dictionary of number names]. List of number names
 
==References==