Myriad

Myriad (from

The

In Classical

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: M. Multiples were written above this sign, so that for example ${\displaystyle {\stackrel {\delta \phi \pi \beta }{\mathrm {M} }}}$ would equal 4,582×10,000 or 45,820,000. The etymology of the word myriad itself is uncertain: it has been variously connected to

"Myriad" is also infrequently used in English as the specific number 10,000. Owing to the possible confusion with the generic meaning of "large quantity", however, this is generally restricted to translation of other languages like ancient Greek, Chinese, and Hindi where numbers may be grouped into sets of 10,000 (myriads). Such use permits the translator to remain closer to the original text and avoid repeated and unwieldy mentions of "tens of thousands": for example, "the original number of the crews supplied by the several nations I find to have been twenty-four myriads"^[5] and "What is the distance between one bridge and another? Twelve myriads of parasangs".^[6]

Europe

Most European languages include variations of "myriad" with similar meanings to the English word.

Additionally, the

In

A similar term is the

• The dictionary definition of myriad at Wiktionary
• Indian numbering system, which includes the lakh (10 myriad)
• -yllion, a proposed system which uses the myriad as one of its basic number names
• Tumen (unit), Turkic for "myriad"
• Names of large numbers
• Power of 10

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