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- adjective By a
multiple of onetrillion ; by a trillion times as much or as many. - adverb By a
factor of onetrillion .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Fully fashioned, highly evolved enzyme molecules achieve trillionfold speedups of the reactions they catalyse, and they do so by being beautifully crafted to exactly the right shape.
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Fully fashioned, highly evolved enzyme molecules achieve trillionfold speedups of the reactions they catalyse, and they do so by being beautifully crafted to exactly the right shape.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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We also saw that the same exact shape confers on them the ability to catalyse chemical reactions with great specificity, speeding particular reactions up perhaps a trillionfold.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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We also saw that the same exact shape confers on them the ability to catalyse chemical reactions with great specificity, speeding particular reactions up perhaps a trillionfold.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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The DOE report cited experimental error, failure to replicate test results, no success at repeating the occasional episode of apparent anomalous heat and a trillionfold shortfall in the radiation that ought to result from true fusion.
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The DOE report cited experimental error, failure to replicate test results, no success at repeating the occasional episode of apparent anomalous heat and a trillionfold shortfall in the radiation that ought to result from true fusion.
Science News / Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, News Items and Book Reviews 2009
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It’s all very well to talk of jigsaw dents and sockets, highly specific active sites capable of speeding up a particular chemical reaction a trillionfold.
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But you don’t need a trillionfold speedup in order to be favoured by natural selection.
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It’s all very well to talk of jigsaw dents and sockets, highly specific active sites capable of speeding up a particular chemical reaction a trillionfold.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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But you don’t need a trillionfold speedup in order to be favoured by natural selection.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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