A trillion is equal to 1012 in the short scale , or 1018 in the long scale .[1]
Written out in decimal form trillion (in the short scale) is:
1000000000000
In long scale:
1000000000000000000
This number is also called tetrillion in Russ Rowlett's Greek-based naming system.[2]
Aarex Tiaokhiao gave the name tetillion , referring to the value of this number.[3] He also calls 1012 dudoocol , 12-noogol [4] , or goonaoldecault , and it's equal to a(10,100,0)x[10] in Aarex's Array Notation .[5]
Username5243 gave the name niloogolnoniplex , referring to the short scale value of this number.[6]
It is also the first -illion to exceed 1010 in the short scale.
It is equal to 1 million squared in the short scale and 1 million cubed in the long scale.
Decimal [ ]
1,000,000,000,000 - short scale
1,000,000,000,000,000,000 - long scale
Examples [ ]
The nearest star to the Earth (besides the sun), Alpha Centauri, is over 26 trillion miles away.[7]
The human body contains somewhere around 50 trillion cells.[7]
There are roughly 3,500,000,000,000 fish in the world.[7]
The SI prefix tera- multiplies by one trillion.
If one sandcastle contains one million grains of sand then you could make one million sandcastles with 1 trillion grains of sand.
1 trillion flops or operations per second is called a teraflop.
A 2016 estimate says there are 2,000,000,000,000 galaxies in the observable universe.
An estimate says there were 3.04 × 1012 trees on Earth in 2015.
Andromeda Galaxy, which is part of the same Local Group as our galaxy, contains about 1012 stars.
The surface of the human body houses roughly 1012 bacteria.
1.9786782 × 1012 is a rough estimate of the total number of links on Wikipedia.
1013 – The approximate number of known non-trivial zeros of the Riemann zeta function as of 2004.
As of 2013, the number of known digits of π is 12,100,000,000,000 (1.21×1013 ).
Approximately 1014 synapses in the human brain.
281,474,976,710,656 (248 ) possible unique physical addresses on MAC-48.
953,467,954,114,363 is the largest known Motzkin prime.
As a banknote denomination [ ]
Some currencies, such as the German Papiermark and the Hungarian pengő , had banknotes with this number in the denomination.
Approximations [ ]
For short scale:
Notation
Lower bound
Upper bound
Scientific notation
\(1\times10^{12}\)
Arrow notation
\(10\uparrow12\)
Steinhaus-Moser Notation
11[3]
12[3]
Copy notation
9[12]
1[13]
Taro's multivariable Ackermann function
A(3,36)
A(3,37)
Pound-Star Notation
#*(4,2,3)*4
#*(1,2)*8
BEAF
{10,12}
Hyper-E notation
E12
Bashicu matrix system
(0)(0)[1000]
Hyperfactorial array notation
14!
15!
Fast-growing hierarchy
\(f_2(34)\)
\(f_2(35)\)
Hardy hierarchy
\(H_{\omega^2}(34)\)
\(H_{\omega^2}(35)\)
Slow-growing hierarchy
\(g_{\omega^{\omega+2}}(10)\)
For long scale:
Notation
Lower bound
Upper bound
Scientific notation
\(1\times10^{18}\)
Arrow notation
\(10\uparrow18\)
Steinhaus-Moser Notation
15[3]
16[3]
Copy notation
9[18]
1[19]
Taro's multivariable Ackermann function
A(3,56)
A(3,57)
Pound-Star Notation
#*(4,1,3)*6
#*(3,1)*13
BEAF
{10,18}
Hyper-E notation
E18
Bashicu matrix system
(0)(0)[31622]
(0)(0)[31623]
Hyperfactorial array notation
19!
20!
Fast-growing hierarchy
\(f_2(54)\)
\(f_2(55)\)
Hardy hierarchy
\(H_{\omega^2}(54)\)
\(H_{\omega^2}(55)\)
Slow-growing hierarchy
\(g_{\omega^{\omega+8}}(10)\)
Gallery [ ]
Trillion dollars visualised.
100 trillion dollars in 100 dollar bills, in comparison to the Empire State Building
Sources [ ]
See also [ ]
Jonathan Bowers' -illions
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Toogol · Toonol · Toodol · Tootol · Tooquol · Tooqnol · Toosol · Toospol · Tooctol · Toonvol · Toodcol · Toovol · Tooqtol · Tootrol · Tooqrol · Toohfol · Tooducol · Toomol · Toomyrol · Binary-Toogol · Binary-Toodol · Binary-Tootol · Binary-Tooquol · Binary-Tooqnol · Binary-Toodcol · Binary-Toohfol · Binary-Toomol · Ternary-Toogol · Ternary-Toodol · Ternary-Tooqnol · Ternary-Toodcol · Ternary-Toomol · Quaternary-Toogol · Octal-Toogol · Octal-Toodcol · Duodecimal-Toogol · Hexadecimal-Toogol · Toogolunex · Toogolduunex · Toogolduex · Toogolplexiduex · Toogolduexiplex · Toogolduduex · Googoltrex · Goonoltrex · Gooqnoltrex · Goodcoltrex · Goohfoltrex · Goomoltrex · Goomyroltrex · Binary-Googoltrex · Ternary-Googoltrex · Octal-Googoltrex · Hexadecimal-Googoltrex · Googolplexitrex · Goodcolplexitrex · Goomolplexitrex · Binary-Googolplexitrex · Googolduplexitrex · Googoltriplexitrex · Googolquadriplexitrex · Doogoltrex · Dooqnoltrex · Doodcoltrex · Doomoltrex · Doomyroltrex · Binary-Doogoltrex · Octal-Doogoltrex · Hexadecimal-Googoltrex · Googolduexitrex · Goodcolduexitrex · Goomolduexitrex · Binary-Googolduexitrex · Googolplexiduexitrex · Googolduplexiduexitrex · Doogolplexitrex · Doodcolplexitrex · Doomolplexitrex · Binary-Doogolplexitrex · Googolduduexitrex · Googolplexiduduexitrex · Doogolduplexitrex · Googoltriduexitrex · Doogoltriplexitrex · Doogolquadriplexitrex · Toogolplex · Toogoltrex · Toonolplex · Tooqnolplex · Toodcolplex · Toomolplex · Toomyrolplex · Binary-Toogolplex · Octal-Toogolplex · Googoldutrex · Goodcoldutrex · Googolplexidutrex · Googolduplexidutrex · Doogoldutrex · Doodcoldutrex · Googolduexidutrex · Doogolplexidutrex · Doogolduplexitrex · Toogolduplex · Toodcolduplex · Toomolduplex · Binary-Toogolduplex · Googoltritrex · Googolplexitritrex · Doogoltritrex · Googoldexidutrex · Doogolplexitritrex · Toogoltriplex · Googolquadritrex · Doogolquadritrex · Toogolquadriplex · Toogolquintiplex · Toogolsextiplex · Toogolseptiplex · Toogoloctiplex · Toogolnoniplex · Toogoldeciplex
2-entry series
Kiloogol · Kil-Googol · Kil-Doogol · Kil-Toogol · Kil-Tetoogol · Dukiloogol · Dukil-Googol · Dukil-Doogol · Trukiloogol · Tetrukiloogol · Pentukiloogol · Hexukiloogol · Heptukiloogol · Octukiloogol · Ennukiloogol · Dekukiloogol
Linear series
Megoogol · Meg-Googol · Meg-Doogol · Meg-Kiloogol · Meg-Kil-Googol · Meg-Dukiloogol · Meg-Trukiloogol · Dumegoogol · Dumeg-Googol · Dumeg-Kiloogol · Dumeg-Dukiloogol · Trumegoogol · Trumeg-Kiloogol · Tetrumegoogol · Pentumegoogol · Gigoogol · Gig-Googol · Gig-Kiloogol · Gig-Megoogol · Dugigoogol · Trugigoogol · Teroogol · Duteroogol · Petoogol · Ectoogol · Zettoogol · Yottoogol · Xennoogol · Wekoogol · Vundoogol
Two-row series
Linoogol · Lin-Googol · Lin-Doogol · Lin-Kiloogol · Lin-Megoogol · Lin-Gigoogol · Dulinoogol · Dulin-Googol · Trulinoogol · Kilulinoogol · Kilulin-Googol · Kilulin-Linoogol · Kilulin-Dulinoogol · Dukilulinoogol · Megulinoogol · Megulin-Kilulinoogol · Dumegulinoogol · Gigulinoogol · Terulinoogol · Petulinoogol · Ectulinoogol · Zettulinoogol · Yottulinoogol · Xennulinoogol · Wekulinoogol · Vundulinoogol