"short scale" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Calque of French échelle courte. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|fr|échelle courte}} Calque of French échelle courte Head templates: {{head|en|noun}} short scale
  1. 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.) Wikipedia link: Long and short scales Related terms: long scale Translations (Translations): escala curta [feminine] (Catalan), mallonga skalo (Esperanto), échelle courte [feminine] (French), scala corta [feminine] (Italian), escala curta [feminine] (Portuguese), escala corta [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-short_scale-en-noun-VUIizPah Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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