trillion
Tera- in numbers
A trillion is a thousand billion—a one followed by twelve zeros (1,000,000,000,000).
The number is so large it defies intuition: a trillion seconds is about 31,700 years.
In casual use, trillion often just means an enormous quantity: I've told you a trillion times.
Government budgets and national debts are now routinely measured in trillions.
Luminous celestial bodies
- galaxiesGravitationally bound stellar assemblies
- atomsSmallest elemental units
- moleculesBonded atomic groups
- particlesMinute pieces of matter
cells · neurons · synapses · bacteria · insects · astronomical · countless · innumerable
Ten to twenty-first power
- googolTen to the hundredth
- numberSymbol representing quantity
- digitSingle numeric character
- integerNumber lacking fractions
numeral · figure · count · magnitude · zeroes · notation · cardinal · ordinal
Amount still owed
- debtMoney owed another
- budgetPlan for spending
- GDPNational output abbreviation
- stimulusWhat prompts a reaction
bailout · spending · revenue · fiscal · economy · valuation · assets · capital
Overstating beyond reality
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
- dramatizationConverting events to performance
countless · gazillion · bajillion · zillion · umpteen · infinite · endless · innumerable
Units of digital storage
- terabytesTrillion-byte units
- petabytesHuge data measurement unit
- exabytesQuintillion-byte units
- operationsPlanned systematic activities
calculations · transistors · floating-point · processing · bandwidth · storage · parameters · computations
stars
Luminous celestial bodies
- galaxiesGravitationally bound stellar assemblies
- atomsSmallest elemental units
- moleculesBonded atomic groups
particles · cells · neurons · synapses · bacteria · insects · astronomical · countless · innumerable · vastness
sextillion
Ten to twenty-first power
integer · numeral · figure · count · magnitude · zeroes · notation · cardinal · ordinal · arithmetic
deficit
Amount still owed
stimulus · bailout · spending · revenue · fiscal · economy · valuation · assets · capital · investments
exaggeration
Overstating beyond reality
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
dramatization · countless · gazillion · bajillion · zillion · umpteen · infinite · endless · innumerable · uncountable
bytes
Units of digital storage
operations · calculations · transistors · floating-point · processing · bandwidth · storage · parameters · computations · iterations