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Myriad
In the context of numeric naming systems for powers of ten, myriad is the quantity ten thousand (10,000). Idiosyncratically, in English, myriad describes a group of things as having indefinitely large quantity.[1]
| Myriad | |
| Hangul | 만 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | man |
| McCune–Reischauer | man |
Myriad derives from the ancient Greek for ten thousand (μυριάς, myrias) and is used with this meaning in literal translations from Greek, Latin or Sinospheric languages (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese), and in reference to ancient Greek numerals.
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, Third Edition, June 2003, s.v. 'myriad'
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