bil·lion /ˈbɪ(l)jən/
萬億;10億
billion
( 美國 )十億
billion
十億
Bil·lion n. According to the French and American method of numeration, a thousand millions, or 1,000,000,000; according to the English method, a million millions, or 1,000,000,000,000. See Numeration.
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billion
adj 1: denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items
or units in the United States [syn: a billion]
2: denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items
or units in Great Britain [syn: a billion]
n 1: the number that is represented as a one followed by 12
zeros; in the United Kingdom the usage followed in the
United States is frequently seen [syn: one million
million, 1000000000000]
2: the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros
[syn: one thousand million, 1000000000]