trillion
[ tril-yuhn ]
/ ˈtrɪl yən /
noun, plural tril·lions, (as after a numeral) tril·lion.
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
amounting to one trillion in number.
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British Dictionary definitions for trillion
trillion
/ (ˈtrɪljən) /
noun
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
determiner
(preceded by a or a numeral)
- amounting to a trilliona trillion stars
- (as pronoun)there are three trillion
Derived forms of trillion
trillionth, noun, adjectiveWord Origin for trillion
C17: from French, on the model of million
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