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Definition of Billion

billion
Milliard Mil`liard", n. [F., from mille, mil, thousand, L. mille.] A thousand millions; -- called also billion. See Billion.
Billion
Billion Bil"lion, n. [F. billion, arbitrarily formed fr. L. bis twice, in imitation of million a million. See Million.] According to the French and American method of numeration, a thousand millions, or 1,000,000,000; according to the English method, a million millions, or 1,000,000,000,000. See Numeration.

Meaning of Billion from wikipedia

- Billion is a word for a large number, and it has two distinct definitions: 1,000,000,000, i.e. one thousand million, or 109 (ten to the ninth power),...
- Billions and Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium is a 1997 book by the American astronomer and science po****rizer Carl...
- Look up Billion, billion, or bilion in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Billion is a name for a large number. It may refer specifically to: 1,000,000...
- Boring Billion, otherwise known as the Mid Proterozoic and Earth's Middle Ages, is an informal geological time period between 1.8 and 0.8 billion years...
- exceed two billion views. "Despacito" became the first video to reach three billion views in August 2017, four billion in October 2017, five billion in April...
- The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal is a non-fiction history book by David E. Hoffman. The book covers the life of...
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- reached one billion in 1804 two billion in 1927 three billion in 1960 four billion in 1974 five billion in 1987 six billion in 1999 seven billion in 2011...
- approximately 14 billion videos in total. On October 9, 2006, YouTube was purchased by Google for $1.65 billion (equivalent to $2.31 billion in 2023). Google...