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i | billion |

As a pronoun I

is the speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical subject, of a sentence.

As a numeral billion is

a milliard, a thousand million: 1 followed by nine zeros, 109.

i

Translingual

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Etymology 1

Lower case variation of upper case (I), from (etyl) letter .

Letter

  • The ninth letter of the .
  • The letter i with a tittle or dot above, in both the upper case and the lower case versions.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) Derived symbols * j * — IPA * — Turkish Similar and related symbols * — Greek * — Cyrillic I, used in Belarusian and Ukrainian * — Cyrillic palochka, used in the Caucasian languages * — Arabic (alif) * — Arabic numeral * — Cherokee (IPA: ??) (SAMPA: @~) * — Runic * — IPA

    Etymology 2

    * abbreviation of (imaginary) * abbreviation of (index)

    Symbol

    (Close front unrounded vowel) (head)
  • The imaginary unit; a fixed square root of -1. Graphically, i is shown on the vertical (y-axis) plane.
  • The current flow in a circuit in amperes.
  • A common variable name representing a generic index, especially in loops.
  • close front unrounded vowel.
    • Synonyms
    * j * j

    Etymology 3

    Lower case form of upper case roman numeral I, apparently derived from the shape of a notch scored across a tally stick.

    Alternative forms

    * I,

    Cardinal number

  • cardinal number one.

    • See also

    * Next: ii (2) *

    See also

    {{Letter , page=I , NATO=India , Morse=·· , Character=I9 , Braille=? }} Image:Latin I.png, Capital and lowercase versions of I , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter I.png, Uppercase and lowercase I in Fraktur ----

    billion

    English

    Numeral

    (head)
  • A milliard, a thousand million: 1 followed by nine zeros, 109.
  • * {{quote-magazine, title=No hiding place
    • , date=2013-05-25, volume=407, issue=8837, page=74, magazine=(The Economist) citation , passage=In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result.}}
  • A million million: a 1 followed by twelve zeros, 1012.
  • (colloquial, in the plural, hyperbole) A very large number.

    • See also

    * (short scale) Previous': million. ' Next trillion: * (long scale) Previous': milliard. ' Next billiard: * ISO prefix: giga-

    Derived terms

    * billionaire

    Related terms

    * trillion, coined at same time