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trillion

[ tril-yuhn ]

noun

, plural tril·lions, (as after a numeral) tril·lion.
  1. a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 12 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 18 zeros.


adjective

  1. amounting to one trillion in number.

trillion

/ ˈtrɪljən /

noun

  1. the number represented as one followed by twelve zeros (10 12); a million million
  2. (formerly, in Britain) the number represented as one followed by eighteen zeros (10 18); a million million million
  3. often plural an exceptionally large but unspecified number


determiner

  1. preceded bya or a numeral
    1. amounting to a trillion

      a trillion stars

    2. ( as pronoun )

      there are three trillion

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Derived Forms

  • ˈtrillionth, nounadjective

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Other Words From

  • trillionth noun adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of trillion1

1680–90; < French, equivalent to tr ( i )- tri- + ( m ) illion million

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Word History and Origins

Origin of trillion1

C17: from French, on the model of million

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Example Sentences

World GDP (including North Pole toyshop gross output) is $84.97 trillion.

There are about 80 million Americans between the ages of 18-34 and next year they are expected to spend $2.45 trillion.

Among other things, the bill appropriates $1.1 trillion in funding—including over $550 billion for the Department of Defense.

In 2012, the top 20 percent made $13.5 trillion in income; the entire bottom 80% made $1 trillion.

Illegal immigrants have already paid about $1 trillion into social security.

Its distance is 64 trillion kilometers (391⁄2 trillion miles).

Its distance is 69 trillion kilometers (421⁄2 trillion miles).

The power represented approximately twenty trillion horsepower.

After long observation, they succeeded in determining its distance as 92 trillion kilometers (57 trillion miles).

We traverse a few more trillion miles in our rapid course, and it shines out like a fine star of the first magnitude.

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