billion

Definition von billion im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: A million million: a 1 followed by twelve zeros, 1012; A milliard, a thousand million: 1 followed by nine zeros, 109; A very large number
There were billions of people at the concert.; Thousand million (109), rather than the original European meaning of million million (1012); One thousand million or 109 which is 1,000,000,000 The meaning in the UK has changed from a million million (1012) to the USA value of one thousand million and almost always now the new meaning is intended; A very low grade silver, which contains more than 50% copper alloy Billion has been used for coinage since very early times, usually for debased coins; If you talk about billions of people or things, you mean that there is a very large number of them but you do not know or do not want to say exactly how many. Biological systems have been doing this for billions of years He urged US executives to invest billions of dollars in his country. You can also use billions as a pronoun. He thought that it must be worth billions; denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units in Great Britain; 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; the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros; n milyar; One billion equals 1,000,000,000 or one thousand million; 1,000 millions (American usage; British usage is a million millions); 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; One thousand million (109); I use the American version of "billion" which means 1,000,000,000 (1e9); not the British version which means 1e12; {i} number equal to a thousand millions, 1 000 000 000 (in the USA and France); number equal to a million millions, 1 000 000 000 000 (in Britain); Now agreed as 1,000,000,000 or one thousand million; The plural form is billion after a number, or after a word or expression referring to a number, such as `several' or `a few'; the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros 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 denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units in Great Britain; A million million: a 1 followed by twelve zeros, 10[12]; A billion is a thousand million. 3 billion dollars This year, almost a billion birds will be processed in the region; denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States; A "billion" in the U S A means 1,000,000,000 (1e9); The British version of one billion means 1e12; A milliard, a thousand million: 1 followed by nine zeros, 10[9]; n The cardinal number equal to 10 to the 9th; n a thousand millions; bn
billions: plural form of billion
billionth: The ordinal form of the number one billion
multi-billion: In the old numbering system (mainly British), more than 1,000,000,000,000; in the old billion range
multi-billion: Having more than 1,000,000,000; in the billion range
billions: {n} two or twice millions
billions: {i} (hyperbole) millions, extremely large indefinite number, huge amount
billions: a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)
billions: many, loads, a great deal
billions: plural of billion
billionth: {i} one billionth, billionth part
billionth: position 1,000,000,000 in a countable series of things
billionth: One of a billion equal parts of a whole
billionth: the ordinal number of one billion in counting order
billionth: one part in a billion
billionth: The person or thing in the billionth position
billionth: A billionth is one of a billion equal parts of something. a billionth of a second
billionth: The billionth item in a series is the one you count as number one billion. Disney will claim its one billionth visitor before the end of the century
billionth: position 1,000,000,000 in a countable series of things the ordinal number of one billion in counting order