Correction.CORRECTION CORRECTION,punishment. Chastisement by one having authority of a person who has committed some offence, for the purpose of bringing him to legal subjection. 2. It is chiefly exercised in a parental manner, by parents, or those who are placed in loco parentis. : In the "Correction, Please!" column in our January January: see month. 10 issue, the figure we provided for the average daily increase in the national debt was incorrect. The correct amount is $1.6 billion per day, based on the fact that the national debt rose from $6.78 trillion One thousand times one billion, which is 1, followed by 12 zeros, or 10 to the 12th power. See space/time. (mathematics) trillion - In Britain, France, and Germany, 10^18 or a million cubed. In the USA and Canada, 10^12. at the end of fiscal 2003 to $7.38 trillion at the end of fiscal 2004. |
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