10000 (number)
10000 (ten thousand) is the natural number following 9999 and preceding 10001.
Name
Many languages have a specific word for this number: In English it is myriad, in Ancient Greek ΞΌΟΟΞΉΞΏΞΉ, in Aramaic άͺάάά¬ά, in Hebrew Χ¨ΧΧΧ (revava), in Chinese θ¬/δΈ (Mandarin wΓ n, Cantonese maan6), in Japanese δΈ/θ¬ [man], in Korean δΈ/λ§/θ¬ [man], and in Thai ΰΈ«ΰΈ‘ΰΈ·ΰΉΰΈ [meun]. It is often used to mean an indefinite very large number.[1]
The Greek root was used in the earlier versions of the metric system in the form myria-.
The number can be written 10,000 (UK and US), 10 000 (transition metric), or 10β’000 (with the dot raised to the middle of the zeroes; metric).
In mathematics
In science
- In anatomy, each neuron in the human brain is estimated to connect to 10,000 others.
- In astronomy,
- In climate, Summary of 10,000 Years is one of several pages of the Climate Timeline Tool: Exploring Weather & Climate Change Through the Powers of 10 sponsored by the National Climatic Data Center of the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration.[2]
- In computers, NASA to build 10,000-processor Linux computer (it is actually a 10,240-processor)[3][4]
- In geography,
- In geology, a list of Largest Volcanic Eruptions in the Last 10,000 Years [3]
- In physics,
- Myria is an obsolete prefix that denoted a factor of 10+4, ten thousand, or 10,000.
- Myrio is an obsolete prefix that denoted a factor of 10β4 or one ten-thousandth).
- 10,000 hertz, 10 kilohertz, or 10 kHz of the radio frequency spectrum falls in the very low frequency or VLF band and has a wavelength of 30 kilometres.
- In orders of magnitude (speed), the speed of a fast neutron is 10,000 km/s
- In orders of magnitude (volume), the volume of 10,000 cubic kilometres or 10,000 km3 equals 1 Γ 1013 m3. Lake Superior contains 12,232 cubic kilometres (km3) or 2,935 cubic miles of water.
- In scientific units,
- 10,000 square metres is one hectare
- In zoology, there are approximately 10,000 species of birds.
In time
10,000 days can be expressed in these alternative units:
- 864,000,000 seconds
- 14,400,000 minutes
- 240,000 hours
- 1428 weeks (rounded down)
In other fields
- In art,
- In computer software,
- the Year 10,000 problem is the collective name for all potential software bugs that will emerge as the need to express years with five digits arises.
- In currency,
- In films,
- In finance, on March 29, 1999, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 10,006.78 which was the first time the index closed above the 10,000 mark.
- In futurology, Stewart Brand in Visions of the Future: The 10,000-Year Library proposes a museum built around a 10,000 year clock as an idea for assuring that vital information survives future crashes of civilizations. [6]
- In games,
- In game shows, The $10,000 Pyramid ran on television from 1973 to 1974
- In history,
- Army of 10,000 Sixty Day Troops, 1862β1863. American Civil War [8]
- The Army of the Ten Thousand were a group of Ancient Greek mercenaries who marched against the Persian Shah Artaxerxes II.
- The Goddess can appear as the Lady of the Ten Thousand Names, as did Isis who was called Isis of Ten Thousand Names
- the Persian Immortals were also called the Ten Thousand or 10,000 Immortals, so named because their number of 10,000 was immediately re-established after every loss.
- The 10,000 Day War: Vietnam by Michael MacLear ISBN 0-312-79094-5 also alternate titles The ten thousand day war: Vietnam, 1945β1975 (10,000 days is 27.4 years)
- Tomb of Ten Thousand Soldiers β defeat of the Tang Dynasty army of China in the Nanzhao kingdom in 751
- In language,
- In literature,
- Man'yΕshΕ« (δΈθι Man'yΕshΕ«, Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves) is the oldest existing, and most highly revered, collection of Japanese poetry
- Ten Thousand a Year 1839 by Samuel Warren
- Ten Thousand a Year 1883?. A Drama, in three acts. Adapted from the celebrated novel of the same name, by the author of the Diary of a Physician, and arranged for the stage, by Richard Brinsley Peake [9]
- Anabasis, by the Greek writer Xenophon (431β360 B.C.), about the Army of the Ten Thousand β Greek mercenaries taking part in the expedition of Cyrus the Younger, a Persian prince, against his brother, King Artaxerxes II
- The Ten Thousand: A Novel of Ancient Greece by Michael Curtis Ford. 2001. ISBN 0-312-26946-3 Historic fiction about the Army of the Ten Thousand
- The World of the Ten Thousand Things: Poems 1980β1990 by Charles Wright ISBN 0-374-29293-0 ISBN 0-374-52326-6
- Ten Thousand Lovers by Edeet Ravel ISBN 0-06-056562-4
- In music,
- In philosophy, Lao Zi writes about ten thousand things in the Tao Te Ching In Zen Buddhism, the "10,000 Things" is a term meaning all of phenomenal reality. [14]
- In psychology, Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical, by Miller, Gustavus Hindman (1857β1929). Project Gutenberg[5]
- In religion,
- In sports,
- In athletics, 10,000 metres, 10 kilometres, 10 km, or 10K (6.2 miles) is the final standard track event in a long-distance track event and a distance in other racing events such as running, cycling and skiing.
- In bicycle racing, annual Tour of 10,000 Lakes Stage Race in Minneapolis, Minnesota [18]
- In baseball, on July 15, 2007, the Philadelphia Phillies became the first team in professional sports' history to lose 10,000 .
Selected 5-digit numbers (10001β19999)
See also
References
- ^ http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/myriad (Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary)
- ^ Climate Timeline Information Tool
- ^ http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/07/28/HNnasalinux_1.html news
- ^ NASA Project: Columbia
- ^ http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/926 : Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted
- ^ "Inland Revenue". Host: Stephen Fry; Panellists: Alan Davies, Al Murray, Dara Γ Briain and Sandi Toksvig. QI. BBC. BBC Two, London, England. 11th November, 2011. No. 10, series I. 19:55 minutes in.
- ^ Higgins, Peter (2008). Number Story: From Counting to Cryptography. New York: Copernicus. p. 61. ISBN 978-1-84800-000-1.
- ^ Higgins, ibid.