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One million (1,000,000), or one thousand thousand, is the natural number following 999,999 and preceding 1,000,001.
In scientific notation, it is written as 106.
Physical quantities can also be expressed using the SI prefix mega, when dealing with SI units. For example, 1 megawatt equals 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", or a hyperbole, as in "I've walked a million miles".
Hence, a millionaire is a rich person, no matter the actual currency or the exact quantity.
Il Milione is the title of Marco Polo's narration of his travel to China.
The name is supposed to come from Polo's nickname after his tales of riches and multitudes.
The word "million" is common to the short scale and long scale numbering systems (and also to the proposed Rowlett numbering system), unlike the larger numbers, which have different names in the two systems.
The name is derived from Italian, where milla was 1,000, and 1,000,000 became millione, "a large thousand!".
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The word million
In standard English, it is pronounced with an l-sound followed by a y-glide. However, as other languages use a fully palatalized 'l' in this word (such as Italian spells by 'gl'), some English-speakers have picked up this pronunciation, which does not occur elsewhere in the English language but in words of this model.
This word is the most common of words ending in -lion, and the fact that in English it does not have a distinct pronunciation due to its double 'll' causes spelling confusion with 'vermilion', 'pavilion', etc.
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Selected 7-digit numbers (1000000 - 9999999)
1234567 - Smarandche consecutive number (base 10 digits are in numerical order)
1539720 - harmonic divisor number
2097152 = 221, power of two
2178309 - Fibonacci number
3263443 - sixth term of Sylvester's sequence
3524578 - Fibonacci number, Markov number
4194304 = 222, power of two
4561111 - telephone number of the White House (202 area code)
5702887 - Fibonacci number
6000000 - The standard estimate of persons of Jewish origin murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators in the Holocaust.
6625109 - Pell number, Markov number
8000000 - Used to represent infinity in Japanese mythology
8388608 = 223, power of two
8436379 - Wedderburn-Etherington number
9227465 - Fibonacci number, Markov number
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