Synonyms:
billion
Meaning: denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
billion, one_million_million, 1000000000000
Meaning: the number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros; in the United Kingdom the usage followed in the United States is frequently seen
Usage examples
One billion people use only tools, and have no better source and means of power than domestic animals.
It appears to be about 20 miles in diameter, and weighs therefore, if composed of rock, 40 billion tons.
The sparks came falling down through a billion miles of space, and as they fell they built up planets and systems of their own.
It wiped out two billion people, depopulated Africa and most of Asia, and wrecked Europe, leaving only America comparatively safe to take over.
The plague began in old China; anything could start there, with more than a billion people huddled in one area and a few madmen planning to conquer the world.
This moon of Mars is not a large body: it is only twenty or thirty miles in diameter, but it weighs some forty billion tons, and will ultimately crash along the surface with a velocity of 8,000 miles an hour.
The result was that when Tode pressed that lever, instead of blowing the whole contraption to pieces, he got a couple of billion volts of electricity through his body, combined with a larger amperage than has ever been imagined.