Definition:Trillion
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Definition
Short Scale
Trillion is a name for $10^{12}$ in the short scale system:
- One trillion $= 10^{3 \times 3 + 3}$
Long Scale
Trillion is a name for $10^{18}$ in the long scale system:
- One trillion $= 10^{6 \times 3}$
Linguistic Note
The word trillion derives from the prefix tri-, meaning threefold, and million, originating as the number $1 \, 000 \, 000$ to the power of $3$.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): trillion
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): trillion
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): trillion