Trillion
noun, plural trillions (as after a numeral) trillion.
1.
a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 12 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 18 zeros.
adjective
2.
amounting to one trillion in number.
noun
1.
the number represented as one followed by twelve zeros (1012); a million million
2.
(formerly, in Britain) the number represented as one followed by eighteen zeros (1018); a million million million
3.
(often pl) an exceptionally large but unspecified number
determiner
4.
preceded by a or a numeral
amounting to a trillion: a trillion stars
(as pronoun): there are three trillion
mathematics
In Britain, France, and Germany, 10^18 or a million cubed.
In the USA and Canada, 10^12.
[Elsewhere?]
(1996-10-03)
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