Trillion
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Numbers
Either of the two numbers (see long and short scales There are other numbering systems which are neither long nor short scale such as the Chinese numbering system, the Indian numbering system, the Japanese numbering system, and the Korean numbering system. Many countries, including most in continental Europe, use the long scale for more detail):
- 1,000,000,000,000 This list compares various sizes of positive numbers, including counts of things, dimensionless quantity and probabilities. Each number is given a name in the so called short scale which is used in English speaking countries, as well as a name in the long scale which is used in a series of countries that do not have English as their national (one million One million or one thousand thousand, is the natural number following 999,999 and preceding 1,000,001. The name is derived from Latin, where mille was 1,000, and 1,000,000 became milione, "a large thousand"[citation needed] million; 1012; SI prefix The International System of Units specifies a set of unit prefixes known as SI prefixes or metric prefixes. An SI prefix is a name that precedes a basic unit of measure to indicate a decimal multiple or fraction of the unit. Each prefix has a unique symbol that is prepended to the unit symbol. The SI prefixes are standardized by the International: tera- Confirmed in 1960, it comes from the Greek τέρας, meaning monster. It also bears a resemblance to the Greek prefix τετρα meaning four; the coincidence of it signifying the fourth power of 1000 served as a model for the higher-order prefixes peta, exa, zetta and yotta, all of which are deliberately distorted forms of the Latin or Greek) - for all short scale There are other numbering systems which are neither long nor short scale such as the Chinese numbering system, the Indian numbering system, the Japanese numbering system, and the Korean numbering system. Many countries, including most in continental Europe, use the long scale countries - increasingly common meaning in English language usage.
- 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 This list compares various sizes of positive numbers, including counts of things, dimensionless quantity and probabilities. Each number is given a name in the so called short scale which is used in English speaking countries, as well as a name in the long scale which is used in a series of countries that do not have English as their national (one million million million; 1018; SI prefix: exa-) - for all long scale There are other numbering systems which are neither long nor short scale such as the Chinese numbering system, the Indian numbering system, the Japanese numbering system, and the Korean numbering system. Many countries, including most in continental Europe, use the long scale countries - increasingly rare meaning in English language usage but frequent in many other languages.
Other
- One trillion (basketball), a term in basketball statistics
- Trilliant cut, sometimes called trillion, a triangular type of modified brilliant cut in gemstones
- Trillion (horse), American Champion racehorse
See also
- Names of large numbers The following table lists those names of large numbers which are found in many English dictionaries and thus have a special claim to being "real words". The "Traditional British" values shown are unused in American English and are obsolete[citation needed] in British English, but are dominant in many non-English-speaking areas,
- Trillian, a similar-sounding word.
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P1.304 . trillion. New appropriations, of which P118.9 billion is unprogrammed; P185.5 B for DepEd, Commission on Higher Education, and State Universities and Colleges. P126.9 B for infrastructure; P79.9 B for pension and gratuity ...
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