myriad
n.
great number of persons or things, many, a lot, composed of a countless number of items; ten thousand
Myriad
Myriad is a classical
Greek name for the
number 104 =
10 000. In modern
English the word refers to an unspecified large quantity.The term myriad is a progression in the commonly used system of describing numbers using tens and hundreds. Small numbers are named in terms of number of tens plus the remainder; for example 76 is seven tens plus six. Numbers larger than ten tens require a new description, a hundred. Thus, 1776 is seventeen hundred and seventy six. Similarly one hundred hundred is a myriad. A myriad myriad, or one hundred million, was left as the largest named number by the
Ancient Greeks and is also the largest named number in the
Bible.
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myriad
Noun
1. a large indefinite number; "he faced a myriad of details"
(hypernym) large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount
2. the cardinal number that is the product of ten and one thousand
(synonym) ten thousand, 10000
(hypernym) large integer
Adjective
1. too numerous to be counted; "incalculable riches"; "countless hours"; "an infinite number of reasons"; "innumerable difficulties"; "the multitudinous seas"; "myriad stars"; "untold thousands"
(synonym) countless, infinite, innumerable, innumerous, myriad(a), multitudinous, numberless, uncounted, unnumberable, unnumbered, unnumerable
(similar) incalculable
Myriad
(n.)
The number of ten thousand; ten thousand persons or things.
(n.)
An immense number; a very great many; an indefinitely large number.
(a.)
Consisting of a very great, but indefinite, number; as, myriad stars.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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