Editing Myriad (section)

==In European languages==
Most European languages include a variation of ''myriad'' with a similar meaning to the English word.

Additionally, the [[metric prefix|prefix]] ''[[myria-]]'' indicating multiplication times ten thousand (×10<sup>4</sup>), was part of the original [[metric system]] adopted by [[First French Republic|France]] in 1795.<ref>''L'Histoire Du Mètre'': "[http://histoire.du.metre.free.fr/fr/index.htm ''La Loi Du 18 Germinal An 3'']". 2005. Accessed 1 November 2013. {{in lang|fr}}</ref> Although it was not retained after the 11th [[Conférence générale des poids et mesures|CGPM conference]] in 1960, ''[[myriameter]]'' is sometimes still encountered as a translation of the [[Scandinavian mile]] ([[Swedish language|Swedish]]&nbsp;& [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]:&nbsp;''mil'') of {{convert|10|km|sp=us|2}}, or in some classifications of wavelengths as the adjective ''[[ultra-low frequency|myriametric]]''. The ''[[myriagramme]]'' (10&nbsp;kg) was a French approximation of the [[avoirdupois]] ''quartier'' of {{convert|25|lb|sp=us}} and the ''[[myriaton]]'' appears in [[Isaac Asimov]]'s ''[[Foundation and Empire|Foundation]]'' novel trilogy.

In [[modern Greek]], the word "myriad" is rarely used to denote 10,000, but a million is ''ekatommyrio'' ({{lang|el|εκατομμύριο}}, ''lit.'' 'hundred myriad') and a [[1 E9|thousand million]] is ''disekatommyrio'' ({{lang|el|δισεκατομμύριο}}, ''lit.'' 'twice hundred myriad').