trillion
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- n a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)
- n the number that is represented as a one followed by 18 zeros
in England they call a quintillion a trillion - n the number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros
in England they call a trillion a billion - s one quintillion in Great Britain
- s one million million in the United States
- The human brain can't easily comprehend a trillion anything, and that's good news for politicians.
- President-elect Barack Obama said Tuesday the deficit appears on track to hit $1 trillion soon.
- This era extends to 10,000 trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion years after the Big Bang.