Trillion

A trillion is equal to 1012 in America, or 1018 in France and Germany.

This number is also called tetrillion in Russ Rowlett's Greek-based naming system.

Aarex Tiaokhiao gave the name tetillion, referring to the value of this number.

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.
 * The human body contains somewhere around 50 trillion cells.
 * There are roughly a trillion fish in the world.
 * The SI prefix tera- multiplies by one trillion.