Definition:Gillion

Definition
Gillion is a rarely-used word for $10^9$.

Also known as
One gillion is the same as a billion in the short scale.

An archaic word for the same number is milliard.

Also defined as
The word gillion is also used as a rhetorical flourish to mean a very large number, of the order of an unspecified power of $10$.

Also see

 * Definition:Billion (Short Scale)
 * Definition:Billion (Long Scale)


 * Definition:Zillion
 * Definition:Gazillion