Hypertext Webster Gateway: "trillion"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Trillion \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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
trillion
adj : (U.S.) one million million; (Britain) one quintillion [syn:
{a trillion}]
n 1: (in Britain and Germany) the number that is represented as a
one followed by 18 zeros; "in England they call a
quintillion a trillion" [syn: {one million million
million}]
2: (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" [syn: {one million million},
{1000000000000}]
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