gillion
/gil´y@n/ or
/jil´y@n/
n.
[formed from giga- by analogy with
mega/million and tera/trillion] 10^9. Same as an
American billion or a British milliard. How one pronounces this depends on
whether one speaks giga- with a hard or soft
‘g’.
Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:45 AM