本條目列出並討論西方國家常用大數名詞的用法和來源,及其可能的擴展。中文大數名詞參見中文數字 § 大數系統。
下表列出一些可以在許多英文字典發現的大數名稱,因此是「真實的單字」。其中顯示的「英國傳統」價值在美式英文中未被使用,而在英式英文中也已經過時,但在非英文區域,包括歐洲大陸和拉丁美洲的西班牙文國家,其他文言變體佔主導地位;這兩種命名方式分別稱為短級差和長級差系統。
標準字典中的大數名稱
名稱 | 短級差 (美國, 東歐, 加拿大和 澳大利亞英文 以及現代英文) |
長級差 (西歐中歐, 古代英文, 和加拿大法文) |
權威性 | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AHD4 [1] |
CED [2] |
COD [3] |
OED2 [4] |
OEDnew [5] |
RHD2 [6] |
SOED3 [7] |
W3 [8] |
UM [9] | |||
Million | 106 | 106 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Milliard | 109 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Billion | 109 | 1012 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Billiard | 1015 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Trillion | 1012 | 1018 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Quadrillion | 1015 | 1024 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Quintillion | 1018 | 1030 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Sextillion | 1021 | 1036 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Septillion | 1024 | 1042 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Octillion | 1027 | 1048 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Nonillion | 1030 | 1054 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Decillion | 1033 | 1060 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Undecillion | 1036 | 1066 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Duodecillion | 1039 | 1072 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Tredecillion | 1042 | 1078 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Quattuordecillion | 1045 | 1084 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Quindecillion | 1048 | 1090 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Sexdecillion | 1051 | 1096 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Septendecillion | 1054 | 10102 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Octodecillion | 1057 | 10108 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Novemdecillion | 1060 | 10114 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Vigintillion | 1063 | 10120 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Centillion | 10303 | 10600 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
除了「million」(百萬)以外,這個列表中的每個以「-illion」結尾的字,都是透過加入首碼(來自拉丁文的bi-、tri-等等)結合詞幹「-illion」產生的派生字。[10]「Centillion」似乎是這些字典裏以「-illion」作結尾的最大數名。[11] 「Trigintillion」雖然經常在討論大數名稱被引用作為一個單字,但並未出現在上述任何字典裏;而利用它所創造的更長大數名稱也一樣(例如 unvigintillion、duovigintillion、duoquinquagintillion 等等)。
名稱 | 值 | 權威性 | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AHD4 | CED | COD | OED2 | OEDnew | RHD2 | SOED3 | W3 | UM | ||
Googol | 10100 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Googolplex | 10googol(1010100) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Googolplexian | 10googolplex | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
所有的字典都有收錄 googol(古戈爾)和 googolplex(古戈爾普勒克斯),一般歸功於卡司尼爾和紐曼的書和卡司尼爾的侄子。在古戈爾家族(googolduplex等等),沒有比他們更高的名稱。根據《牛津英語詞典》的記載,googol、googolplex 和googolplexian是「不在正式的數學使用」的詞文。此外,還有googolplexianth等。
二進制前綴大數名稱
參考資料
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