trillion

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>.... [Apple] would have a value of more than $3 trillion by 2020.

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

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noun

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

noun

the number that is represented as a one followed by 18 zeros; "in England they call a quintillion a trillion"

noun

the number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros; "in England they call a trillion a billion"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for trillion.

noun

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

See also: million, billion, zillion, jillion, gazillion

noun

the number that is represented as a one followed by 18 zeros; "in England they call a quintillion a trillion"

noun

the number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros; "in England they call a trillion a billion"

adjective

one quintillion in Great Britain

adjective

one million million in the United States

Example sentences

>.... [Apple] would have a value of more than $3 trillion by 2020.

Three trillion bytes is 30 trillion bits in that case, or 3x10E13 bits.

So the $14 trillion rolls over in perpetuity.

In reality, $14 trillion is not really debt, since it is nonsensical to speak of debt that one owes oneself and can negate by printing paper.

In related news: scientists have discovered that an uncontrolled nuclear reaction over one hundred trillion times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb is releasing radiation of all known varieties, including lethal gamma radiation, and will result in the inevitable exposure of all of the earth's surface within the next twenty-four hours.