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tril·lion
(trĭl′yən)n.
1. The cardinal number equal to 1012.
2. Chiefly British The cardinal number equal to 1018.
[French : tri-, third power (from Latin tri-, tri-) + (m)illion, million (from Old French milion; see million).]
tril′lion adj.
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trillion
(ˈtrɪljən)n
1. (Mathematics) the number represented as one followed by twelve zeros (1012); a million million
2. (Mathematics) (formerly, in Britain) the number represented as one followed by eighteen zeros (1018); a million million million
3. (often plural) an exceptionally large but unspecified number
determiner
a. amounting to a trillion: a trillion stars.
b. (as pronoun): there are three trillion.
[C17: from French, on the model of million]
ˈtrillionth n, adj
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tril•lion
(ˈtrɪl yən)n., pl. -lions, (as after a numeral) -lion, n.
1. a cardinal number represented by 1 followed by 12 zeros; a thousand billions.
2. (in Great Britain) a cardinal number represented by 1 followed by 18 zeros; a billion billions.
adj. 3. amounting to one trillion in number.
tril′lionth, n., adj.
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trillion
A number equal to 1012 .
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Noun | 1. | trillion - a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole); "there were millions of flies" large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude |
2. | trillion - the number that is represented as a one followed by 18 zeros; "in England they call a quintillion a trillion" Deutschland, FRG, Germany, Federal Republic of Germany - a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990 Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom large integer - an integer equal to or greater than ten | |
3. | trillion - the number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros; "in England they call a trillion a billion" France, French Republic - a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 large integer - an integer equal to or greater than ten | |
Adj. | 1. | trillion - one quintillion in Great Britain Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom cardinal - being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order; "cardinal numbers" |
2. | trillion - one million million in the United States U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 cardinal - being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order; "cardinal numbers" |
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Translations
biliótriliο
bilióntrilión
duilionotriiliono
biljontriljon
biljoonatriljoona
bilióntrilión
biljontriljon
trillion
[ˈtrɪlɪən] N → trillón m (US) → billón mthere are trillions of places I want to visit → hay millones or montones de sitios a los que quiero ir
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trillion
n → Billion f; (dated Brit) → Trillion f; there were trillions of them there (fig) → es waren Millionen und Abermillionen da
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