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December 3, 2008

Octa, Enne, Deca … Chilia!

I was briefly in a pentabox this morning on CNBC (while talking autos), and that led to a subsequent discussion about what comes after “octa” in the on-screen box-counting prefixes. Here is the answer (adapted from Yahoo Answers):

henabox (or monogon) 1
digon 2
triangle (or trigon) 3
quadrilateral (or tetrabox) 4
pentabox 5
hexabox 6
heptabox 7
octabox 8
enneabox (or nonabox) 9
decabox 10
hendecabox 11
dodecabox 12
triskaidecabox 13
tetradecabox 14
pentadecabox 15
hexadecabox 16
heptadecabox 17
octadecabox 18
enneadecabox 19
icosabox 20
icosihenabox 21
triacontabox 30
tetracontabox 40
pentacontabox 50
hexacontabox 60
heptacontabox 70
octacontabox 80
enneacontabox 90
hectabox 100
chiliabox 1000
myriabox 10,000
decemyriabox 100,000

Break these out when broadcasts go full HD and there is more room on-screen. Personally, I can’t wait for the chiliabox. Just the thought makes me hungry.

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