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quadrillion BTUs

Spanish translation: mil billones


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English term or phrase:quadrillion
Spanish translation:mil billones
Entered by: Sebastian Lopez
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00:44 Feb 24, 2004
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Education / Pedagogy
English term or phrase: quadrillion BTUs
Electric utility energy consumption (quadrillion BTUs per year)
Myrna
Local time: 03:21
mil billones de BTU
Explanation:
Un billón español: 1.000.000.000.000. Por lo tanto, un "quadrillion" es 1000 billones: 1.000.000.000.000.000 (1 x 10^15)
BTU = British Thermal Unit,el equivalente británico a la caloría (equivalente en utilización, no en valor)

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Note added at 11 mins (2004-02-24 00:55:59 GMT)
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Tomado del diccionario de la Real Academia:
billón.
(Del fr. billion, de bi, por bis, y la t. de millón).
1. m. Mat. Un millón de millones, que se expresa por la unidad seguida de doce ceros.
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Sebastian Lopez
Local time: 07:21
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5 +2mil billones de BTU
Sebastian Lopez
5cuadrillón/cuatrillón = un millón de trillonesingridbram


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
quadrillion btus
mil billones de BTU


Explanation:
Un billón español: 1.000.000.000.000. Por lo tanto, un "quadrillion" es 1000 billones: 1.000.000.000.000.000 (1 x 10^15)
BTU = British Thermal Unit,el equivalente británico a la caloría (equivalente en utilización, no en valor)

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Note added at 11 mins (2004-02-24 00:55:59 GMT)
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Tomado del diccionario de la Real Academia:
billón.
(Del fr. billion, de bi, por bis, y la t. de millón).
1. m. Mat. Un millón de millones, que se expresa por la unidad seguida de doce ceros.


Sebastian Lopez
Local time: 07:21
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 7

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gabo Pena: en USA tambien se usa British Thermal Unit
27 mins
  -> Gracias, Dije "británico" por lo de "BRITISH Thermal Unit"

agree  Daniel Cincunegui
2 hrs
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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
cuadrillón/cuatrillón = un millón de trillones


Explanation:
www.cbh.org.bo/Medida.PDF

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Note added at 2004-02-24 01:18:42 (GMT)
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10 a la 24ava potencia.

Revisa en la dirección que te menciono, ahí viene todo aclarado

ingridbram
Local time: 01:21
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Gabo Pena: BTU- aires acondicionados y calefaciones
5 mins
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