Definition, Meaning & Synonyms
trillion
noun
/ˈtrɪl.jən/
Definition
A trillion is a number that is equal to 1,000 times one billion.
Examples
- There are approximately a trillion stars in the Milky Way galaxy.
- The national debt has soared to over twenty trillion dollars.
- A trillion seconds is nearly 32,000 years.
Meaning
In the short scale numbering system used primarily in the United States, a trillion represents the number 1 followed by 12 zeros (1,000,000,000,000).
Synonyms
- 1,000 billion
- terabyte (in computing contexts)
- one million million
