trillion (n.)

  1. a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole); there were millions of flies

    [ Syn: million , billion , zillion , jillion , gazillion ]

  2. 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 ]

  3. 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 ]

    trillion (adj.)

  1. one quintillion in Great Britain

  2. one million million in the United States

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