Trillion
noun
The number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros.
The country's national debt has reached one trillion dollars.
Often appears as...
- one trillion
- trillion dollars
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Technical
noun
In British English, the number represented as a one followed by 18 zeros.
The computer can perform a trillion calculations per second.
Often appears as...
- a trillion calculations
- trillion times faster
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Technical
adjective
Totalling a trillion in number or amount.
The government will need a trillion-dollar budget to implement this project.
Often appears as...
- trillion-dollar budget
- trillion-dollar company
noun
The number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros.
The country's national debt has reached one trillion dollars.
Often appears as...
- one trillion
- trillion dollars
Usage tips
Technical
noun
In British English, the number represented as a one followed by 18 zeros.
The computer can perform a trillion calculations per second.
Often appears as...
- a trillion calculations
- trillion times faster
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Totalling a trillion in number or amount.
The government will need a trillion-dollar budget to implement this project.
Often appears as...
- trillion-dollar budget
- trillion-dollar company
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Pro Tip 1/3Scale Visualization
Imagine 'trillion' as a vast quantity; visualize a trillion grains of sand to grasp its magnitude.
A trillion grains of sand would fill many swimming pools.
Pro Tip 2/3Economic Context
'Trillion' is commonly used when discussing government budgets or national debts, denoting large economic figures.
The infrastructure plan is estimated to cost two trillion dollars.
Pro Tip 3/3Astronomical Size
In astronomy, 'trillion' describes the vast number of stars or distances across the universe.
There are over a trillion stars in the Milky Way.
Pro Tip 1/3Scale Visualization
Imagine 'trillion' as a vast quantity; visualize a trillion grains of sand to grasp its magnitude.
A trillion grains of sand would fill many swimming pools.
Pro Tip 2/3Economic Context
'Trillion' is commonly used when discussing government budgets or national debts, denoting large economic figures.
The infrastructure plan is estimated to cost two trillion dollars.
Pro Tip 3/3Astronomical Size
In astronomy, 'trillion' describes the vast number of stars or distances across the universe.
There are over a trillion stars in the Milky Way.
Pro Tip 1/3Scale Visualization
Imagine 'trillion' as a vast quantity; visualize a trillion grains of sand to grasp its magnitude.
A trillion grains of sand would fill many swimming pools.
Pro Tip 2/3Economic Context
'Trillion' is commonly used when discussing government budgets or national debts, denoting large economic figures.
The infrastructure plan is estimated to cost two trillion dollars.
Pro Tip 3/3Astronomical Size
In astronomy, 'trillion' describes the vast number of stars or distances across the universe.
There are over a trillion stars in the Milky Way.
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How many universes are...
each had their own universe, and you repeated that for two more cycles, you'd still be at a tiny fraction of the total -- namely, one trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillionth. But even that number is minuscule compared to
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His Epic Message Will...
help we were given so much the only planet in this solar system with life I mean we are one in a million no actually scientifically we are one in a billion trillion trillion that's the one that followed by 33 zeroes and I don't want to get too spiritual but how are we not a miracle we are perfectly
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Questions No One Knows...
in our observable universe had its own universe, and all of the atoms in all those universes each had their own universe, and you repeated that for two more cycles, you'd still be at a tiny fraction of the total, namely, one trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion
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Bill Gates: The next...
but I'm quite sure it's very modest compared to the potential harm. The World Bank estimates that if we have a worldwide flu epidemic, global wealth will go down by over three trillion dollars and we'd have millions and millions of deaths. These investments offer significant benefits
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Why do we pass gas? -...
as they digest parts of food which we cannot. Our intestine is home to trillions of bacteria living in a symbiotic relationship with us. We provide them with a safe place to stay and food to eat. In exchange, they help us extract energy from our food,
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How mucus keeps us...
It lubricates your eyes so you can blink. It protects your stomach lining from acid. It neutralizes threats by removing or trapping substances that could make you sick. And finally, it houses and keeps your body's trillions of bacterial inhabitants,
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How to build a fictional...
on the trillions of pages resting between those bookends. Authors of science fiction and fantasy literally build worlds. They make rules, maps, lineages, languages, cultures, universes, alternate universes within universes,
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A lesson in Bacteria PIPE...
and even fungi and other microbes are called the human microbiota so these microbes as I said live on every exposed body surface but here are some numbers it's estimated that in the gut there are a hundred trillion of them
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The immortal cells of...
he sent samples to labs all over the world. Soon the world's first cell production facility was churning out 6 trillion HeLa cells a week, and scientists put them to work in an ethically problematic way,
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The Day the Dinosaurs...
the asteroid vaporizes more than three trillion tons of rock are ejected into space in a blast of superheated violence
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How many universes are...
each had their own universe, and you repeated that for two more cycles, you'd still be at a tiny fraction of the total -- namely, one trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillionth. But even that number is minuscule compared to
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His Epic Message Will...
help we were given so much the only planet in this solar system with life I mean we are one in a million no actually scientifically we are one in a billion trillion trillion that's the one that followed by 33 zeroes and I don't want to get too spiritual but how are we not a miracle we are perfectly
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Questions No One Knows...
in our observable universe had its own universe, and all of the atoms in all those universes each had their own universe, and you repeated that for two more cycles, you'd still be at a tiny fraction of the total, namely, one trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion
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Bill Gates: The next...
but I'm quite sure it's very modest compared to the potential harm. The World Bank estimates that if we have a worldwide flu epidemic, global wealth will go down by over three trillion dollars and we'd have millions and millions of deaths. These investments offer significant benefits
Video examples
Why do we pass gas? -...
as they digest parts of food which we cannot. Our intestine is home to trillions of bacteria living in a symbiotic relationship with us. We provide them with a safe place to stay and food to eat. In exchange, they help us extract energy from our food,
Video examples
How mucus keeps us...
It lubricates your eyes so you can blink. It protects your stomach lining from acid. It neutralizes threats by removing or trapping substances that could make you sick. And finally, it houses and keeps your body's trillions of bacterial inhabitants,
Video examples
How to build a fictional...
on the trillions of pages resting between those bookends. Authors of science fiction and fantasy literally build worlds. They make rules, maps, lineages, languages, cultures, universes, alternate universes within universes,
Video examples
A lesson in Bacteria PIPE...
and even fungi and other microbes are called the human microbiota so these microbes as I said live on every exposed body surface but here are some numbers it's estimated that in the gut there are a hundred trillion of them
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The immortal cells of...
he sent samples to labs all over the world. Soon the world's first cell production facility was churning out 6 trillion HeLa cells a week, and scientists put them to work in an ethically problematic way,
Video examples
The Day the Dinosaurs...
the asteroid vaporizes more than three trillion tons of rock are ejected into space in a blast of superheated violence
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Grover Norquist
American Politician
Tax increases slow economic growth. Why would you raise taxes? We need to reform spending, the tens of trillions of unfunded liabilities can never be funded by tax increases, that can only be fixed by reducing spending.
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Tatiana Schlossberg
The world's oceans are littered with trillions of pieces of plastic - bottles, bags, toys, fishing nets and more, mostly in tiny particles - and now this seaborne junk is making its way into the Arctic.
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Orrin Hatch
Politician
I have a rough time wanting to spend billions and billions and trillions of dollars to help people who won't help themselves, won't lift a finger, and expect the federal government to do everything.
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Ari Fleischer
American Public Servant
The tea party movement and its passion arose in response to trillion dollar deficits as far as the eye can see and out of a sense that Washington is in need of dire fiscal reform.
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Will Hobbs
American Author
I love weird science. I learned in an article in 'National Geographic' that there are trillions of bacteria in our guts that help us digest food. These are non-human creatures.
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Brittany Kaiser
American Businesswoman
The biggest companies in the world right now are made up of trillions of dollars of digital assets that really, in my opinion, should belong to us as individuals.
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Charles Jencks
American Architect
The cell is a city of production centres, each part working away like mad, and it's co-ordinated. Six trillion cells in a body - you can't help but be moved.
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Jalen Ramsey
American Football Player
God didn't make me to be on this earth by myself. There are a trillion other people in the world - somebody's gonna like me.
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Peter Diamandis
American Businessman
Imagine what we could do for the world's grand challenges with a trillion hours of focused attention.
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Kenneth Lay
American Businessman
Trillions of dollars every day are being exchanged around the world in all of the financial markets.
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Grover Norquist
American Politician
Tax increases slow economic growth. Why would you raise taxes? We need to reform spending, the tens of trillions of unfunded liabilities can never be funded by tax increases, that can only be fixed by reducing spending.
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Tatiana Schlossberg
The world's oceans are littered with trillions of pieces of plastic - bottles, bags, toys, fishing nets and more, mostly in tiny particles - and now this seaborne junk is making its way into the Arctic.
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Orrin Hatch
Politician
I have a rough time wanting to spend billions and billions and trillions of dollars to help people who won't help themselves, won't lift a finger, and expect the federal government to do everything.
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Ari Fleischer
American Public Servant
The tea party movement and its passion arose in response to trillion dollar deficits as far as the eye can see and out of a sense that Washington is in need of dire fiscal reform.
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Will Hobbs
American Author
I love weird science. I learned in an article in 'National Geographic' that there are trillions of bacteria in our guts that help us digest food. These are non-human creatures.
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Brittany Kaiser
American Businesswoman
The biggest companies in the world right now are made up of trillions of dollars of digital assets that really, in my opinion, should belong to us as individuals.
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Charles Jencks
American Architect
The cell is a city of production centres, each part working away like mad, and it's co-ordinated. Six trillion cells in a body - you can't help but be moved.
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Jalen Ramsey
American Football Player
God didn't make me to be on this earth by myself. There are a trillion other people in the world - somebody's gonna like me.
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Peter Diamandis
American Businessman
Imagine what we could do for the world's grand challenges with a trillion hours of focused attention.
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Kenneth Lay
American Businessman
Trillions of dollars every day are being exchanged around the world in all of the financial markets.
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