100 x 100 x 100 Cube representing one Million cubies.
A million is a number equal to 103*1 + 3 = 106 = 10002 = 1,000,000 = 1E6 = one followed by six zeroes.[1] It is both a square number and cubic number. It is often used as hyperbole or exaggeration to represent an indefinitely large number. A million is one of the first numbers to be generally considered big by most people's standards. The name came from an Italian word "millione" which combined the Italian "mille" meaning one thousand with the augmentative suffix -one.[2]
If the myriad is converted into a -yriad chain, the million can also be called a byriad.
Written out in decimal form million is:
1000000
Aarex Tiaokhiao gave the name duillion, referring to the value of this number.[3]
Yottatron (AKA Jamiem2001 on Googology Wiki) gave the name Duolillion, referring to the value of this number.[4]
Aarex Tiaokhiao calls this number sooxol, 6-noogol[5], or goonaoltetrault, and it's equal to a(101000)x[4] in Aarex's Array Notation.[6]
Username5243 calls this number niloogoltriplex or goosol, and it's equal to 10[1]6 in Username5243's Array Notation.[7]
One million seconds is approximately 11.5 days, one million minutes is nearly two years, one million hours is about 114 years, one million days is about 2738 years, and one million weeks is about 19,165 years.
Sbiis Saibian computed that if a person walked one thousand miles every 31 days, after 75 years, that person would have managed to walk about 883,000 miles.[8]
A tower of a million people would reach 1700 km high, which is about four times higher than the International Space Station.
The most popular add-on for Firefox, AdBlock Plus, has about 1997 million downloads as of October, 2016.
The SI prefixmega- multiplies by one million.
A million one dollar bills would cover the area of two football fields.
The country of Kazakhstan is slightly larger than 1,000,000 square miles in area; and the country of Egypt is slightly larger than 1,000,000 square kilometers in area.[9]
The state of Alaska is about 1,700,000 square kilometers in area.[10]
In googology
In Greek-based number-naming systems, a million is associated with SI prefix mega-, and with SI prefix micro- in Latin systems.
A million is the boundary between class 1 and class 2 numbers in Robert Munafo's idea (see class for more).[11]
A million appears in the definition of Aarex's Graham Generator as well as googolisms formed using it such as forcal.
Currency-related use
There are Iranian rial Iran Cheques with this number in the denomination.
Some other currencies, such as the third Polish złoty and the first Turkish lira, had banknotes with this number in the denomination.
It is also the prize for correctly answering all fifteen questions in some national editions of the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in the respective local currency.
