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TRILLIONTH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does trillionth mean?
• TRILLIONTH (noun)
The noun TRILLIONTH has 1 sense:
1. one part in a trillion equal parts
Familiarity information: TRILLIONTH used as a noun is very rare.
• TRILLIONTH (adjective)
The adjective TRILLIONTH has 1 sense:
1. the ordinal number of one trillion in counting order
Familiarity information: TRILLIONTH used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One part in a trillion equal parts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
one-trillionth; trillionth
Hypernyms ("trillionth" is a kind of...):
common fraction; simple fraction (the quotient of two integers)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ordinal number of one trillion in counting order
Similar:
ordinal (being or denoting a numerical order in a series)
Context examples
A unit of amount of substance equal to a trillionth (10E-12) of a mole.
(Picomole, NCI Thesaurus)
A unit of time equal to one trillionth of a second.
(Picosecond, NCI Thesaurus)
A unit of volume equal to one trillionth of a liter (10E-12 liter).
(Picoliter, NCI Thesaurus)
A unit of catalytic activity measurement equal to trillionth of katal (10E-12 katal).
(Picokatal, NCI Thesaurus)
A unit of radioactivity defined as 0.037 atomic disintegrations or other nuclear transformations per second or one trillionth of curie (10E-12 curie).
(Picocurie, NCI Thesaurus)
A unit of concentration (molarity unit) equal to one trillionth of a mole (10E-12 mole) per one liter of solution.
(Picomole per Liter, NCI Thesaurus)
A metric unit of length equal to one trillionth of a meter (10E-12 meter).
(Picometer, NCI Thesaurus)
The metric unit of mass equal to one trillionth of a gram (10E-12 gram).
(Picogram, NCI Thesaurus)
A prefix indicating a quantity of a trillionth, 10E-12.
(Pico, NCI Thesaurus)
A unit of an electric capacitance equal to one trillionth of a farad (10E-12 farad).
(Picofarad, NCI Thesaurus)
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