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Million

One million (1 000 000) is one thousand thousand, or 10⁶. Physical quantities can also be expressed using the SI prefix mega, when dealing with SI units. For example 1 megawatt = 1 000 000 Watts

The million is sometimes used in the English language as a metaphor for a very large number, as in "Never in a million years" and "You're one in a million".

The word "million" is common to both the short scale, long scale and Rowlett numbering systems, unlike the larger numbers, which have different words in the systems.

See also

• Orders of magnitude (numbers) to help compare dimensionless numbers between 1,000,000 and 10,000,000 (10⁶ and 10⁷).