English Dictionary
◊ TRILLION
trillion
adj : (U.S.) one million million; (Britain) one quintillion [syn:
{a trillion}]
n 1: (in Britain and Germany) 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}]
2: (in the United States and France) 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}]
English Computing Dictionary
◊ TRILLION
trillion
In Britain, France, and Germany, 10^18 or a
million cubed.
In the USA and Canada, 10^12.
[Elsewhere?]
(1996-10-03)