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Trillion
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What's The Definition Of Trillion?
[n] (in the United States and France) the number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros; "in England they call a trillion a billion"
[n] (in Britain and Germany) the number that is represented as a one followed by 18 zeros; "in England they call a quintillion a trillion" [adj] (U.S.) one million million; (Britain) one quintillion Synonyms | Synonyms for Trillion: 1000000000000 | a trillion | cardinal | one million million | one million million million Related Terms | Find terms related to Trillion: See Also | large integer Trillion In Webster's Dictionary \Tril"lion\, n. [F. trillion, formed from the pref.
tri- in imitation of million a million. Cf. {Billion}.]
According to the French notation, which is used upon the
Continent generally and in the United States, the number
expressed by a unit with twelve ciphers annexed; a million
millions; according to the English notation, the number
produced by involving a million to the third power, or the
number represented by a unit with eighteen ciphers annexed.
See the Note under {Numeration}.
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