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quintillion
English
Etymology
quint- (“five”) +? -illion
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kw?n?t?l?lj?n/
- Rhymes: -?lj?n
Numeral
quintillion
- (US, modern British & Australian, short scale) A billion billion: 1 followed by eighteen zeros, 1018.
- 2014, BBC News Magazine Monitor, Small Data: Those big numbers keep on coming, BBC:
- Last week, we used...the BBC News website's biggest number: 9,223,372,036,854,775,808, that's 9.2 quintillion...[the maximum video viewer count on YouTube's] updated counter software.
- 2014, BBC News Magazine Monitor, Small Data: Those big numbers keep on coming, BBC:
- (dated, British & Australian, long scale) A million quadrillion: 1 followed by 30 zeros, 1030.
Synonyms
- (1018): a long scale trillion
- (1030): a short scale nonillion
Translations
See also
- (1018): Previous: quadrillion. Next: sextillion.
- (1030): Previous: quadrilliard. Next: quintilliard.
- (ISO prefix): exa- (short scale).
Noun
quintillion (plural quintillions)
- (figuratively, slang, hyperbolic) Any very large number, exceeding normal description.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:zillion.
Translations
French
Etymology
From quint- (“five”) +? -illion.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??.ti.lj??/
Numeral
quintillion
- 1030; a quintillion by the long scale; a short scale nonillion.
Usage notes
- Previous: quadrilliard, 1027
- Next: quintilliard, 1033
Further reading
- “quintillion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
quintillion From the web:
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- what quintillion dollars
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quadrillion
English
Etymology
From French quadrillion, from quadri- (“four”) +? -illion.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /kw??d??li.?n/, /kw??d??lj?n/
- (General Australian, Scotland) IPA(key): /kw??d??lj?n/
- (General New Zealand) IPA(key): /kw??d??lj?n/
- (UK, Ireland, General South African) IPA(key): /kw??d??lj?n/, /kw??d???lj?n/ (the latter may be non-standard)
- Rhymes: -?lj?n
Numeral
quadrillion
- (US, modern British and Australian, short scale) A thousand trillion (logic: 1,000 × 1,000^4): 1 followed by fifteen zeros, 1015.
- (dated, Britain, Australia, long scale) A million trillion (logic: 1,000 × 1,000,000^2): 1 followed by twenty-four zeros, 1024.
Synonyms
- (1015): a long scale billiard
- (1024): a short scale septillion
Translations
See also
- (1015): peta-
- (1024): yotta-
- (1015): Previous: trillion. Next: quintillion.
- (1024): Previous: trilliard. Next: quadrilliard.
Noun
quadrillion (plural quadrillions)
- (figuratively, slang, hyperbolic) Any very large number, exceeding normal description.
- 1999 Beverly Lewis, A Perfect Match, Bethany House Publishers, p23
- They'd never understand — not in a quadrillion years.
- 2000 J. D. Maples, Trojan Steers, Lomaland Books Inc, p58
- Me, I never refuse a meal, and believe me I seen some heavy weather. I musta flown a quadrillion miles and I never did have a problem.
- 2004 Arthur Kopecky, New Buffalo: journals from a Taos commune, UNM Press, p143
- The sky is so absolutely clear with a quadrillion stars.
- 2006 Evelyn Caro, The Flickering Attic Window, Trafford Publishing, p8
- She's named after this famous singer from a quadrillion years ago.
- 1999 Beverly Lewis, A Perfect Match, Bethany House Publishers, p23
Synonyms
- (any very large number): bajillion, bazillion, billion, dillion, fantillion, gadzillion, gagillion, gajillion, gazillion, godzillion, googillion, grillion, hojillion, hundred and one, infillion, jillion, kabillion, kajillion, katrillion, killion, kazillion, million, million and one, quintillion, robillion, skillion, squidillion, squillion, thousand and one, trillion, umptillion, zillion
Translations
French
Etymology
From Middle French quadrillion, from quadri- (“four”) +? -illion.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kwa.d?i.lj??/
Numeral
quadrillion
- 1024; a quadrillion by the long scale; a short scale septillion.
Usage notes
- Previous: trilliard, 1021
- Next: quadrilliard, 1027
Further reading
- “quadrillion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Noun
quadrillion m (plural quadrillions)
- quadrillion (1024)
quadrillion From the web:
- quadrillion meaning
- quadrillion what is next
- what is quadrillion in numbers
- what's after quadrillionaire
- what does quadrillion look like
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