trillion
a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 12 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 18 zeros.
amounting to one trillion in number.
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Origin of trillion
1Other words from trillion
- trillionth, noun, adjective
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How to use trillion in a sentence
A recent Google algorithm topped the charts at over a trillion parameters.
New ‘Liquid’ AI Learns Continuously From Its Experience of the World | Jason Dorrier | January 31, 2021 | Singularity HubThere is less than one in about a trillion chance that the discrepancy could be a statistical fluke.
A Breakthrough in Measuring the Building Blocks of Nature - Facts So Romantic | Subodh Patil | January 8, 2021 | NautilusThe SBA’s release of the PPP loan data last week has only amplified the scrutiny, with more details coming to light about the program’s application and the beneficiaries of more than half a trillion dollars in taxpayer funds.
‘Poorly designed and irresponsibly run’: PPP scrutiny mounts after SBA data dump | reymashayekhi | December 11, 2020 | FortuneAlmost a week after Democratic congressional leaders climbed down from their demand for a multi-trillion dollar stimulus package, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell continued to tout his own plan, endangering prospects for a compromise.
Bipartisan stimulus deal in jeopardy as McConnell refuses to back package | kdunn6 | December 8, 2020 | FortuneObviously, the new revenues would help offset critical relief spending, the price tag for which already stretches into the trillions.
Congress should legalize cannabis now—for the economy and for social justice | matthewheimer | December 3, 2020 | Fortune
World GDP (including North Pole toyshop gross output) is $84.97 trillion.
There are about 80 million Americans between the ages of 18-34 and next year they are expected to spend $2.45 trillion.
Among other things, the bill appropriates $1.1 trillion in funding—including over $550 billion for the Department of Defense.
In 2012, the top 20 percent made $13.5 trillion in income; the entire bottom 80% made $1 trillion.
Illegal immigrants have already paid about $1 trillion into social security.
Its distance is 64 trillion kilometers (391⁄2 trillion miles).
Astronomy for Amateurs | Camille FlammarionIts distance is 69 trillion kilometers (421⁄2 trillion miles).
Astronomy for Amateurs | Camille FlammarionThe power represented approximately twenty trillion horsepower.
Invaders from the Infinite | John Wood CampbellAfter long observation, they succeeded in determining its distance as 92 trillion kilometers (57 trillion miles).
Astronomy for Amateurs | Camille FlammarionWe traverse a few more trillion miles in our rapid course, and it shines out like a fine star of the first magnitude.
Astronomy for Amateurs | Camille Flammarion
British Dictionary definitions for trillion
/ (ˈtrɪljən) /
the number represented as one followed by twelve zeros (10 12); a million million
(formerly, in Britain) the number represented as one followed by eighteen zeros (10 18); a million million million
(often plural) an exceptionally large but unspecified number
(preceded by a or a numeral)
amounting to a trillion: a trillion stars
(as pronoun): there are three trillion
Origin of trillion
1Derived forms of trillion
- trillionth, noun, adjective
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