Trillion
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According to the French notation, which is used upon theContinent generally and in the United States, the number expressed bya unit with twelve ciphers annexed; a million millions; according tothe English notation, the number produced by involving a million tothe third power, or the number represented by a unit with eighteenciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration.
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A million, million, millions... as in:
1, 000,000, 000,000, 000,000 or 10^18
...from tri as in three.
It is lazily commonly missused for a [million] millions, which is in fact a [billion], from bi as in two (...and not a [thousand] [million]).
You see, a [tricycle] does not have two wheels and a [bicycle] does not have one and a half wheels. -
Sorry, the above definition is a little off. Actually, make that [999] billion off. A trillion is ten to the [TWELFTH] power (1,000,000,000,000). Ten to the ninth power is [one billion].
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Getting into a basketball game for [one minute] and not recording a single [statistic]. The line of [the box] score would have a 1 followed by 13 zeros.
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(V) meaning [too true] and [too real] to be measured by any scale [we know] today. This word is scantly used.
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- Noun: A person who fully embodies the trill philosophy. (plural: [trillions])
- Proper Noun, plural ([Trillions]/Trillion$): An [underground rap] group from the Dirty West.
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the number 1,000,000,000,000:
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