Definition of

Million

Million

A thousand thousands

1,000 x 1,000 = 1,000,000

Which is a 1 followed by 6 zeros

Using scientific notation: 1 × 106

The prefix "mega-" means a million.

Examples:
• a megaliter is a million liters
• a megameter is a million meters (1,000 kilometers, about the distance from London to Berlin)

Below is a cube made of a million smaller cubes:

Million