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Dictionary: tril·lion   (trĭl'yən) pronunciation
n.
  1. The cardinal number equal to 1012.
  2. Chiefly British. The cardinal number equal to 1018.

[French : tri-, third power (from Latin tri-, tri-) + (m)illion, million (from Old French milion; see million).]

trillion tril'lion adj.

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One thousand times one billion, which is 1, followed by 12 zeros, or 10 to the 12th power. See space/time.

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noun

    An indeterminately great amount or number: jillion, million (often used in plural), multiplicity, ream. Informal bushel, gob1 (often used in plural), heap (often used in plural), load (often used in plural), lot, oodles, passel, peck2, scad (often used in plural), slew, wad, zillion. See big/small/amount.

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Dansk (Danish)
num. - UK; trillion, US; billion
n. - UK; trillion, US; billion

Nederlands (Dutch)
triljoen, biljoen, talloos

Français (French)
n. - (GB) trillion, (US) billion
adj. - (GB) trillion, (US) billion

Deutsch (German)
num. - Billion, (USA) Trillion, (GB) Billion
n. - Trillionstel

Ελληνική (Greek)
num. - τρισεκατομμύριο

Italiano (Italian)
trilione

Português (Portuguese)
num. - trilhão, trilião

Русский (Russian)
триллион

Español (Spanish)
n. - (Brit) trillón, (US) billón
adj. - (Brit) trillón, (US) billón

Svenska (Swedish)
num. - triljon, biljon (isht. am.)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
万亿, 百万兆, 一百万的三次幂, 无数, 一千的四次幂, 兆

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
num. - 萬億
n. - 百萬兆, 一百萬的三次冪, 無數, 萬億, 一千的四次冪, 兆

한국어 (Korean)
num. - 100경(100만의 3제곱)
n. - 100경(100만의 3제곱), 1조(100만의 제곱)

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 一兆

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(عدد) التريليون رقم مؤلف من 12 صفرا في أميركا وفرنسا و 18 في بريطانيا وألمانيا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮טריליון, מיליון מיליונים (ארה"ב), מיליארד מיליונים (אירופה)‬


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