Talk:megamillion

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Can we get a reference for this? It would be nice since it isn't actually logical. Mega = 1,000,000 & million = 1,000,000 so multiplying you get 1,000,000,000,000 ... or is this your short scale megamillion (... or should it be a million to the million (... or a thousand to the million and one for the short scalers))? Jimp 13:49, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

It doesn't come from the prefix mega- but from concatenation with the informal word mega. Thus the word means "a great number of millions", and cannot be assigned any particular value. Why can't we just correct the entry? Dbfirs 13:19, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

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This word doesn't seem to be etymologically correct ... since mega- means 10⁶ and million also means 10⁶, "megamillion" should mean 10¹², but this article defines it as 10⁹. Lunaibis 03:26, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

Yes, logically a million million, but the word is not used in either sense, and has no support from International System of Units. I suggest that we just change the definition to the informal sense of many millions. There is no lack of usages, but none with the claimed meaning. I think someone just made it up. Dbfirs 13:12, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

(... later ...) I've added the noun sense that has clear usage. Please adjust this as you think appropriate. May we delete the numeral sense as a misunderstanding? Dbfirs 13:34, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, I think that would be the best course of action. Lunaibis 00:42, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

It means many millions, or better jackpot (in millions) than other lottery gamesLucifer 00:54, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. The entry seems accurate now. Dbfirs 17:42, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Resolved. - -sche (discuss) 07:36, 13 March 2012 (UTC)