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Trillion (== Template:IPA ==
The Template:IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a system of phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin alphabet. It was devised by the International Phonetic Association in the late 19th century as a standardized representation of the sounds of spoken language.
Pronunciation
The pronunciation of the term "IPA" is /aɪ piː eɪ/ in English.
Etymology
The term "IPA" is an acronym for the International Phonetic Alphabet. The International Phonetic Association, founded in 1886, created the IPA to provide a single, universal system for the transcription of spoken language.
Related Terms
- Phonetic notation: A system used to visually represent the sounds of speech. The IPA is one type of phonetic notation.
- Phonetics: The study of the physical sounds of human speech. It is concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds (phonemes), and the processes of their physiological production, auditory reception, and neurophysiological perception.
- Phonology: The study of the way sounds function within a particular language or languages. While phonetics concerns the physical production, acoustic transmission and perception of the sounds of speech, phonology describes the way sounds function within a particular language or languages.
- Transcription (linguistics): The systematic representation of spoken language in written form. The source of the words transcribe and transcription, the term means "to write across" in Latin, and it's the process of converting spoken language into written form. In linguistics, this is often done using the IPA.
External links
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Languages: - East Asian
中文,
日本,
한국어,
South Asian
हिन्दी,
Urdu,
বাংলা,
తెలుగు,
தமிழ்,
ಕನ್ನಡ,
Southeast Asian
Indonesian,
Vietnamese,
Thai,
မြန်မာဘာသာ,
European
español,
Deutsch,
français,
русский,
português do Brasil,
Italian,
polski) is a term often used in the field of medicine and biology to denote a large quantity, particularly in reference to cellular or microbial counts.
Etymology
The term "trillion" originates from the French word "trillion," which is derived from the Latin prefix "tri-" (meaning "three") and the suffix "-illion" (used in names of units of measure to denote power of a million).
Usage in Medicine
In medicine, "trillion" is frequently used to quantify the vast number of microorganisms that inhabit the human body, particularly in the gut microbiota. It is also used to denote the number of cells in the human body, which is estimated to be approximately 37.2 trillion.
Related Terms
- Billion: A unit of measure equal to one thousand million (1,000,000,000) or one thousandth of a trillion.
- Quadrillion: A unit of measure equal to one thousand trillion (1,000,000,000,000,000) or one thousand times a trillion.
- Microorganism: A microscopic organism, especially a bacterium, virus, or fungus.
- Cell (biology): The basic structural, functional, and biological unit of all known living organisms.
- Gut microbiota: The microbe population living in our intestine.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Trillion
- Wikipedia's article - Trillion
This WikiMD dictionary article is a stub. You can help make it a full article.
Languages: - East Asian
中文,
日本,
한국어,
South Asian
हिन्दी,
Urdu,
বাংলা,
తెలుగు,
தமிழ்,
ಕನ್ನಡ,
Southeast Asian
Indonesian,
Vietnamese,
Thai,
မြန်မာဘာသာ,
European
español,
Deutsch,
français,
русский,
português do Brasil,
Italian,
polski