| slovo | definícia |
trillion
(encz) | trillion,bilión n: (10^12) Vít Strádal |
Trillion
(gcide) | Trillion \Tril"lion\, n. [F. trillion, formed from the pref.
tri- in imitation of million a million. Cf. Billion.]
According to the French notation, which is used upon the
Continent generally and in the United States, the number
expressed by a unit with twelve ciphers annexed; a million
millions; according to the English notation, the number
produced by involving a million to the third power, or the
number represented by a unit with eighteen ciphers annexed.
See the Note under Numeration.
[1913 Webster] |
trillion
(wn) | trillion
adj 1: one quintillion in Great Britain
2: one million million in the United States
n 1: a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole); "there
were millions of flies" [syn: million, billion,
trillion, 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:
trillion, 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: trillion,
one million million, 1000000000000] |
trillion
(foldoc) | trillion
In Britain, France, and Germany, 10^18 or a
million cubed.
In the USA and Canada, 10^12.
[Elsewhere?]
(1996-10-03)
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one-trillionth
(encz) | one-trillionth, n: |
trillion floating point operations per second
(encz) | trillion floating point operations per second, n: |
trillions
(encz) | trillions,bilióny n: pl. (10^12) Vít Strádal |
trillionth
(encz) | trillionth,bilióntý adj: (10^12) Zdeněk Brož |
Trillion
(gcide) | Trillion \Tril"lion\, n. [F. trillion, formed from the pref.
tri- in imitation of million a million. Cf. Billion.]
According to the French notation, which is used upon the
Continent generally and in the United States, the number
expressed by a unit with twelve ciphers annexed; a million
millions; according to the English notation, the number
produced by involving a million to the third power, or the
number represented by a unit with eighteen ciphers annexed.
See the Note under Numeration.
[1913 Webster] |
one-trillionth
(wn) | one-trillionth
n 1: one part in a trillion equal parts [syn: one-trillionth,
trillionth] |
trillion floating point operations per second
(wn) | trillion floating point operations per second
n 1: (computer science) a unit for measuring the speed of a
computer system [syn: teraflop, {trillion floating point
operations per second}] |
trillionth
(wn) | trillionth
adj 1: the ordinal number of one trillion in counting order
n 1: one part in a trillion equal parts [syn: one-trillionth,
trillionth] |
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