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Billion   /bˈɪljən/   Listen
Billion

noun
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.  Synonyms: 1000000000000, one million million.
2.
A very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole).  Synonyms: gazillion, jillion, million, trillion, zillion.
3.
The number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros.  Synonyms: 1000000000, one thousand million.
adjective
1.
Denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States.
2.
Denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units in Great Britain.



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"Billion" Quotes from Famous Books



... said bitterly. "For the first six months they reported on schedule, remember? A fine clean planet, no dominant life-forms, perfect for immigration; unique, one world in a billion. Abruptly they stopped sending. You ...
— Competition • James Causey
... unconscious, Miss Vaneman, we had probably attained a velocity of something like seven billion four hundred thirteen million miles per second, and that is the approximate speed at which we are now traveling. We must be nearly six quadrillion miles, and that is a space of several hundred light-years—away from our solar system, ...
— The Skylark of Space • Edward Elmer Smith and Lee Hawkins Garby
... House the road soon traverses the famous mineral belt of the Comstock Lode. This belt is 7,000 feet wide and 6 miles long, and produced nearly a billion dollars. The first mine to be seen is the Haywood, lying to the west side of the road. This mine produced over ...
— Reno - A Book of Short Stories and Information • Lilyan Stratton
... to get back to the reception. It was pretty big. Parade of the Aero Club and Squadron A, me in an open-face hack, feeling like a boob while sixty leven billion people cheered. Then reception by mayor, me delivering letter from mayor of Chicago which I had cutely sneaked out in Chicago and mailed to myself here, N. Y. general delivery, so I wouldn't lose it on the way. Then biggest ...
— The Trail of the Hawk - A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life • Sinclair Lewis
... developed the stuff to fight off fungus on Venus, where one part in a billion did the trick. But it was tricky stuff; one part in ten-million would destroy the chlorophyll in plants in about twenty hours, or the hemoglobin in blood in about fifteen minutes. It was ...
— Let'em Breathe Space • Lester del Rey


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