Trillion Definition

trĭlyən
trillions
noun
trillions
The number represented by 1 followed by 12 zeros.
Webster's New World
The cardinal number equal to 1018 .
American Heritage
The number represented by 1 followed by 18 zeros.
Webster's New World
An indefinite but very large number.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
adjective
Amounting to one trillion in number.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Trillion

Noun

Singular:
trillion
Plural:
trillions

Origin of Trillion

  • French tri- third power (from Latin tri- tri-) (m)illion million (from Old French milion million)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Trillion Sentence Examples

  • In 2009, pi was calculated to more than two trillion digits—in less than thirty hours.

  • At the moment there is a net debt of three trillion dollars.

  • In 2011, the country had 1.9 trillion dollars in exports and 1.7 trillion in imports representing annual growth of between 18.4 and 19.5 percent.

  • Humans can smell hydrogen sulfide gas, the smell of rotten cabbage, in the parts per trillion range.

  • The government has well over a trillion pounds of transactions flowing through its central exchequer accounts each year.

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Words Starting With

TTRTRI

Words Ending With

NONION

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