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Quadrillion
Quad-ril′lion
,Noun.
[F., fr. L.
quater
four times, akin to quattuor
four, E. four
; – formed like million
. See Four
, Million
.] According to the French notation, which is followed also upon the Continent and in the United States, a unit with fifteen ciphers annexed; according to the English notation, the number produced by involving a million to the fourth power, or the number represented by a unit with twenty-four ciphers annexed. See the Note under
Numeration
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Quadrillion
Quadrillion
See also: quadrillion
German
Numeral
Quadrillion f (plural: Quadrillionen)
- A long scale quadrillion, 1024; a short scale septillion.
Coordinate terms
Cardinal numbers from 0 till 99
Cardinal numbers from 100 onward
- 100: hundert, einhundert
- 103: tausend, eintausend
- 104: (Myriade)
- 106: Million (tausendmaltausend, tausendtausend)
- 109: Milliarde
- 1012: Billion
- 1018: Trillion
- 1024: Quadrillion
- 1030: Quintillion
- 1036: Sextillion
- 1042: Septillion
- 1048: Oktillion
- 1054: Nonillion
- 1060: Dezillion
- 1066: Undezillion
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- 10120: Vigintillion
- 10123: Vigintilliarde
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quadrillion
quadrillion
See also: Quadrillion
English
Numeral
quadrillion
- (US, modern British and Australian, short scale) A thousand trillion: 1 followed by fifteen zeros, 1015.
- (dated, Britain, Australia, long scale) A million trillion: 1 followed by twenty-four zeros, 1024.
See also
- (1015): peta-
- (1024): yotta-
- (1015 and 1024): Previous: trillion. Next: quintillion.
Synonyms
- (1015): a long scale billiard
- (1024): a short scale septillion
Translations
a thousand trillion, 1015
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a million trillion, 1024
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Noun
quadrillion (plural quadrillions)
- (figuratively, slang) 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
any very large number
French
Numeral
quadrillion
- 1024; a quadrillion by the long scale; a short scale septillion.
Usage notes
- Previous: trilliard, 1021
- Next: quadrilliard, 1027