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M is 1,000 in Roman numerals. MM is short for M*M, so 1,000 * 1,000 = 1,000,000 or MM. The M lives on in languages like Spanish where the word mil means one th
by CryptoBanker 2y ago
M is 1,000 in Roman numerals. MM is short for M*M, so 1,000 * 1,000 = 1,000,000 or MM.
The M lives on in languages like Spanish where the word mil means one thousand.
- luizfzs 2y agoThis somewhat misses the point of my comment, tough. The post was written in English, so one should stick to how English represents millions. Based on that, I can say `1.000.000` is equal to MM because Brazil uses `.` to separate groups of 3 digits, and `,` to separate integer and decimal parts. My point is to stick to using the units the language you're writing on uses. Btw, thanks for explaining the origin of MM! I definitely didn't know that.
- CryptoBanker 2y agomm as an abbreviation is still the standard in finance, so still very relevant in English
- sulandor 2y agoengineers tend to interpret it as million * million = terra 10^6 * 10^6 = 10^12 because the suffix m or M is associated with million or 10^6 in the international system of units.