short scale

Etymology
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Noun

 * 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.)

Translations

 * Catalan: escala curta
 * Esperanto: mallonga skalo
 * French:
 * Italian: scala corta
 * Portuguese: escala curta
 * Spanish: escala corta