Definition of Trilion
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.
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- 1,000,000,000,000: a thousand billion.
- (Obsolete, notably British) 1,000,000,000,000,000,000: a million billion.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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