gallon

n 1: United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters

[syn: {gal}]

2: a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to

4 quarts or 4.545 liters [syn: {Imperial gallon}, {congius}]

gillion

/gil'y▫n/ or /jil'y▫n/ (From {giga-} by analogy with

mega/million and tera/trillion) 10^9.

Same as an American billion or a British "milliard". How one

pronounces this depends on whether one speaks {giga-} with a

hard or soft "g".

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(1995-03-17)