Trillion

Word TRILLION
Character 8
Hyphenation tril lion
Pronunciations /ˈtɹɪljən/

Definitions and meanings of "Trillion"

What do we mean by trillion?

The cardinal number equal to 1012. noun

The cardinal number equal to 1018. noun

In the original and most systematic sense, sometimes called English numeration, though of Italian origin, the third power of a million noun

A million of millions of millions; in the French numeration, usual in the United States, a thousand billions, or a million millions. noun

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. noun

A million million: 1 followed by twelve zeros, 1012. noun

A million million million: 1 followed by eighteen zeros, 1018. noun

One quintillion in Great Britain adjective

The number that is represented as a one followed by 18 zeros noun

The number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros noun

A very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole) noun

One million million in the United States adjective

(short scale) A million million: 1 followed by twelve zeros, 1012.

(long scale) A million million million: 1 followed by eighteen zeros, 1018.

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The word "trillion" in example sentences

If the risk of sea level rise, species extinctions, disrupted agriculture, new infrastructure investments required to adapt to catastrophic climate change, etc can be valued at $20 trillion in "net present value" (NPV ... value today, in today's dollars), then an investment of $trillion or $4 trillion to obviate that risk is a well-spent insurance policy. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The term trillion makes all of this somewhat hard to grasp. ❋ David Paul (2010)

I would have not known this, but I quickly learned it by looking up the term trillion in Wolfram|Alpha. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I've read that mathematicians do not even use the term trillion! ❋ Unknown (2009)

At that point, the word trillion was rarely mentioned in the news and resided more in the imagination of children, alongside zillions and gazillions, as an expression of something on an enormous scale. ❋ Unknown (2011)

We all went to school and we learned a trillion is a million million or a thousand billion. ❋ Unknown (1986)

You don't know what a trillion is and neither did 1. ❋ Unknown (1986)

The first time someone hears the word trillion, they might not know the number of zeros but they know it's a big number. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Once a representation of something beyond our comprehension, the word trillion - 1,000,000,000,000 - has now sealed its place in common parlance. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Now that the word "trillion" is used in everyday conversation regarding Obama, it is sooooo much easier to drop a few billion here and there without anyone questioning it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I feel sure the commission will nix this plan and recommend it be allowed to expire. 2.2 trillion is a false "tax cut" if it runs up the deficit. ❋ Unknown (2010)

For a scale reference, one part per trillion is a drop of water in 20 Olympic swimming pools. 70 drops or even 350 drops would be a couple teaspoons. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In economic terms, if a half-trillion is what we need, than just going back to Clinton/Reagan levels gets us 60% there. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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