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Apparently "centibillionaire" is a term to describe someone worth over $100 billiion ([itex]100\cdot 10^9 \rm\ dollars =10^{11}\rm\ dollars[/itex]=$100,000,000,000).
(from 2019) https://www.forbes.com/sites/stephe...e-can-teach-you-about-investing/#30d7cdd98cff
(from today [Aug 7] in 2020) https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/07/tech/mark-zuckerberg-net-worth-intl-hnk/index.html?utm_term=link&utm_content=2020-08-07T10:29:03&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twCNNi
with Mark Zuckerberg joining Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates.
Since a centimeter = [itex]10^{-2}\rm\ meters[/itex] = (0.01 meters),
centibillionaire would, by analogy, mean (0.01 billionaire), someone worth [itex]10^{-2} \cdot 10^{9}\rm\ dollars = 10^{7}\rm\ dollars[/itex]=$10,000,000.
Instead they should use one of these terms:
hecto-billionaire = [itex]10^{+2} \cdot 10^{9}\rm\ dollars = 10^{11}\rm\ dollars[/itex]
or
deci-trillionaire = [itex]10^{-1} \cdot 10^{12}\rm\ dollars = 10^{11}\rm\ dollars[/itex]
Admittedly, apart from metric prefixes, there may be other terms that one may wish to use.
(from 2019) https://www.forbes.com/sites/stephe...e-can-teach-you-about-investing/#30d7cdd98cff
(from today [Aug 7] in 2020) https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/07/tech/mark-zuckerberg-net-worth-intl-hnk/index.html?utm_term=link&utm_content=2020-08-07T10:29:03&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twCNNi
with Mark Zuckerberg joining Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates.
Since a centimeter = [itex]10^{-2}\rm\ meters[/itex] = (0.01 meters),
centibillionaire would, by analogy, mean (0.01 billionaire), someone worth [itex]10^{-2} \cdot 10^{9}\rm\ dollars = 10^{7}\rm\ dollars[/itex]=$10,000,000.
Instead they should use one of these terms:
hecto-billionaire = [itex]10^{+2} \cdot 10^{9}\rm\ dollars = 10^{11}\rm\ dollars[/itex]
or
deci-trillionaire = [itex]10^{-1} \cdot 10^{12}\rm\ dollars = 10^{11}\rm\ dollars[/itex]
Admittedly, apart from metric prefixes, there may be other terms that one may wish to use.
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