trilliard
numEtymology From French trilliard, equivalent to tri- (“three”) + -illiard.
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Australia, UK, Dated, Rare One thousand long scale trillions, or one short scale sextillion; equal to 10²¹ (1 followed by twenty-one 0s).
- We read of milliards, and even trilliards, of roubles, marks, francs and dollars, but we do not comprehend them in the sense of visualising and retaining a clear-cut picture of what the figures really imply.1922, Industrial Peace, volume 10, London: St. Catherine Press, page 167:
- 2003, François Cardarelli, Column in a table, Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights, and Measures: Their SI Equivalences and Origins, Power of ten ...UK, France (n rule) million billion billiard trillion trilliard
- Synonyms
- a short scale sextillion
- Derived terms
- trilliardth
- Related terms
- zetta-, Previous: trillion. Next: quadrillion.