Trillion

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  trillion
       adj 1: one quintillion in Great Britain [syn: {a trillion}]
       2: one million million in the United States [syn: {a trillion}]
       n 1: 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: 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}]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  trillion
       
           In Britain, France, and Germany, 10^18 or a
          million cubed.
       
          In the USA and Canada, 10^12.
       
          [Elsewhere?]
       
          (1996-10-03)