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Myriad
noun: myriad; plural noun: myriads
1.
a countless or extremely great number.
"networks connecting a myriad of computers"
synonyms: a multitude, a large/great number, a large/great quantity, scores, quantities, a mass, a host, droves, a horde; More
2.
(chiefly in classical history) a unit of ten thousand.
The word myriad has it's origin in the Greek language, and it draws on the number 10,000 to be an really big number.
The ancient Chinese also used the number "10,000" to mean a really big number.
Were I to further investigate their connection, would I find that the two cultures had a common ancestor where the concept of "a really big number" was numerically represented as the number 10,000? or is there something essential to the number 10,000 that intrinsically lends itself to being described as a really big number and therefor each culture found that meaning independently?
noun: myriad; plural noun: myriads
1.
a countless or extremely great number.
"networks connecting a myriad of computers"
synonyms: a multitude, a large/great number, a large/great quantity, scores, quantities, a mass, a host, droves, a horde; More
2.
(chiefly in classical history) a unit of ten thousand.
The word myriad has it's origin in the Greek language, and it draws on the number 10,000 to be an really big number.
The ancient Chinese also used the number "10,000" to mean a really big number.
Were I to further investigate their connection, would I find that the two cultures had a common ancestor where the concept of "a really big number" was numerically represented as the number 10,000? or is there something essential to the number 10,000 that intrinsically lends itself to being described as a really big number and therefor each culture found that meaning independently?
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