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TRILLION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros
Example:
in England they call a trillion a billion
Synonyms:
1000000000000; one million million; trillion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("trillion" is a kind of...):
large integer (an integer equal to or greater than ten)
Domain region:
France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The number that is represented as a one followed by 18 zeros
Example:
in England they call a quintillion a trillion
Synonyms:
one million million million; trillion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("trillion" is a kind of...):
large integer (an integer equal to or greater than ten)
Domain region:
Deutschland; Federal Republic of Germany; FRG; Germany (a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990)
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)
Example:
there were millions of flies
Synonyms:
bazillion; billion; gazillion; jillion; million; trillion; zillion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("trillion" is a kind of...):
large indefinite amount; large indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
One million million in the United States
Classified under:
Similar:
cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)
Domain region:
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
Sense 2
Meaning:
One quintillion in Great Britain
Classified under:
Similar:
cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
Context examples:
Estimated myeloma cell mass: greater than 1.2 trillion (1012)/m2 (high burden).
(DS Stage III Plasma Cell Myeloma, NCI Thesaurus/PDQ)
Estimated myeloma cell mass: less than 0.6 trillion (1012)/m2 (low burden).
(DS Stage I Plasma Cell Myeloma, NCI Thesaurus/PDQ)
Our digestive tracts are home to trillions of microbes, including bacteria, fungi, and viruses.
(Food additives promote inflammation, colon cancer in mice, National Institutes of Health)
In both forest age classes, a net gain of 8.48 trillion kilograms of carbon is stored over 40 years.
(Natural regeneration of tropical forests helps global climate mitigation and forest restoration, NSF)
A remote galaxy shining with the light of more than 300 trillion suns has been discovered using data from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE).
(The Most Luminous Galaxy in Universe, NASA)
They say the gravitational force is likely caused by a black hole measuring about 1.4 trillion kilometers across.
(Astronomers Find New Evidence for Long-theorized Mid-sized Black Holes, VOA News)
A research group has developed a camera that can film at a rate equivalent to five trillion images per second, or events as short as 0.2 trillionths of a second.
(World's Fastest Film Camera, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Humans can distinguish more than 1 trillion scents, according to new research.
(Humans Can Identify More Than 1 Trillion Smells, NIH, US)
They observed this structure at energies from 5 to 40 trillion electron volts — light with trillions of times more energy than our eyes can see.
(NASA’s Fermi Mission Links Nearby Pulsar’s Gamma-ray ‘Halo’ to Antimatter Puzzle, NASA)
The digestive tract is home to 100 trillion bacteria.
(Food Additives Alter Gut Microbes, Cause Diseases in Mice, NIH)
