million

adj : (in Roman numerals; M written with a macron over it)

denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000,000 items or

units [syn: {a million}]

n : the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros

[syn: {1000000}, {one thousand thousand}, {meg}]

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)