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  • 11Billion Dollar Secret — is a 1999 TLC Video that was distributed by Discovery Channel Video. This film, written and narrated by Nick Cook, investigates military black projects in the United States as a possible explanation for many UFO sightings. The following refers to …

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  • 12Billion — 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 …

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  • 13Billion Pound Project — is the debut solo album by English soul producer Andy Lewis. It was released in September 2005 on the Acid Jazz Records label.Track listing# The Secret Life of A.J. Lewis # 100 Oxford Street # (Love Is) Alive In My Heart # Laughter Ever After #… …

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  • 14billion-dollar — UK US adjective [before noun] ► used to describe something that is worth at least one thousand million dollars: »The drug giant is seeking approval for a new drug that could be its next billion dollar product …

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  • 15billion — 1680s, from Fr. billion (originally byllion in Chuquet s unpublished Le Triparty en la Science des Nombres, 1484; copied by De la Roche, 1520), from bi two + (m)illion. A million million in Britain and Germany (numeration by groups of sixes),… …

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  • 16billion — [bil′yən] n. [Fr < bi , BI 1 + (mi)llion] 1. a thousand millions (1,000,000,000) 2. former Brit. term for TRILLION (a million millions) adj. amounting to one billion in number …

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  • 17Billion — (Math.), eine Million Millionen, also: 1,000,000,000,000 od. 1012. Wer unausgesetzt in jeder Secunde 8 zählte, würde, um eine B. abzuzählen, gegen 3962 Jahre Zeit brauchen. Eine Mill. B en (1,000,000,000,000,000,000 od. 1018) ist eine Trillion.… …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 18Billion — (franz.), nach deutscher Bezeichnungsweise eine Million Millionen, in Zahlzeichen: 1,000,000,000,000, also 101 , bei den romanischen Völkern nur 1000 Millionen (im Finanzwesen Milliarde). Das Zahlwort Byllion findet sich zuerst in einem… …

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  • 19Billion — Billion, in Deutschland eine Million Millionen (1.000.000.000.000 oder 1012); in Frankreich nur Tausend Millionen (1.000.000.000 oder 109) oder eine Milliarde, während unsere B. dort Trillion heißt …

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  • 20Billion — Billion, millionenmal Million, 1000.000,000.000 …

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