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Definition of billion

billion
Milliard Mil`liard", n. [F., from mille, mil, thousand, L. mille.] A thousand millions; -- called also billion. See Billion.
Billion
Billion Bil"lion, n. [F. billion, arbitrarily formed fr. L. bis twice, in imitation of million a million. See Million.] 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.

Meaning of billion from wikipedia

- billion may refer to: - in numbers: long and short scales 1,000,000,000 , one thousand million, 10 9, in the short scale 1,000,000,000,000 ,
- 1,000,000,000 (one billion, short scale ; one thousand million or milliard, long scale) is the natural number following 999,999,999 and
- the adjusted monetary base has increased from approximately 400 billion dollars in 1994, to 800 billion in 2005, and over 3000 billion in
- statistics : 2000 470$898 billion , source: forbes magazine annual listing legend , ! : icon! description , has not changed from the
- the pre-1974 former british english word billion, post-1961 current french word billion, post-1994 current italian word bilione, german
- commonly used are ppm (parts-per-million, 10–6), ppb (parts-per-billion, 10–9), ppt (parts-per-trillion, 10–12) and ppq (parts-per-
- one million number 1000000 million. one million (1,000,000) or one thousand thousand, is the natural number following 999,999 and preceding
- a billionaire, in countries that use the short scale number naming system, is a person with a net worth of at least one billion (1,000,
- dʒ , ɪ , g , ə) is a unit prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of a (short-form) billion (10 9 or gaps , 1 , 000 , 000 , 000 ).
- 1000 3; short scale : one billion ; long scale : one thousand million, or one milliard ) iso: giga- (g) internet: approximately 1,000,000,