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| | # {{US|modern British & Australian|[[w:Long and short scales|short scale]]}} A [[milliard]], a [[thousand]] [[million]]: 1 followed by nine zeros, 10<sup>9</sup>. | | # {{US|modern British & Australian|[[w:Long and short scales|short scale]]}} A [[milliard]], a [[thousand]] [[million]]: 1 followed by nine zeros, 10<sup>9</sup>. |
| − | # {{context|obsolete British & Australian|[[w:Long and short scales|long scale]]}} A [[million]] [[million]]: a 1 followed by twelve zeros, 10<sup>12</sup>. | + | # {{obsolete| British & Australian|[[w:Long and short scales|long scale]]}} A [[million]] [[million]]: a 1 followed by twelve zeros, 10<sup>12</sup>. |
| − | # {{context|colloquial|plural}} A very large number. | + | # {{colloquial|plural|hyperbole}} A very large number. |
| − | #: ''There were billions of people at the concert'' | + | #: ''There were '''billions''' of people at the concert'' |
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| | ====See also==== | | ====See also==== |
