mille milliards — meaning in English

English meaning

• billion num A thousand million: 1,000,000,000 (10⁹), the standard modern meaning.
• trillion num A million million: 1 followed by twelve zeros (10¹²), the standard modern meaning.

Senses

mille milliards is used for these senses in English:

• billion (dated, British & Australian, long scale) A million (times a) million (logic: 1,000,0002): a 1 followed by twelve zeros (1012); a thousand milliard.
• trillion (dated, _, British, Australian, long scale) A million (times a) million (times a) million: 1 followed by eighteen zeros, 1018.

billion — full definition

1. num A thousand million: 1,000,000,000 (10⁹), the standard modern meaning.
2. num An extremely large, unspecified number.

trillion — full definition

1. num A million million: 1 followed by twelve zeros (10¹²), the standard modern meaning.
2. noun An extremely large, often unspecified, number.

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