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The tri- refers to three.

The prefices come from the European use where the prefices represented the powers of a million. This is known as the long scale.


billion = million^2 (bi- = 2)

trillion = million^3 (tri- = three)

quadrillion = million^4 (quadra- = four)

and so on.

This meant that a number with a prefix representing the number n had 6n zeros.


However, most non-European countries, as well as the UK, use the short scale. In this scale, there is no direct link between the prefix and the power. From a billion onwards, (prefix + 1) is the power of 1000. In this scale, a number with a prefix representing the number m had 3*(m+1) zeros.





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The root word of trillion is "tri," which comes from the Latin word for three.


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1,000,000,000,000,000,000 or one thousand trillion. what do you mean by one thousand trillion?


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