In some countries and languages using the long scale:
one billiard = = one short scale quadrillion.
In the traditional long scale usage of the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, and Australia, this word is not found, with the meaning of a number, being replaced by "thousand billion".
In modern English usage, it is replaced by the short scale "quadrillion".
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