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Webster 1913 Edition


Quintilllion

Quin-till′lion

,
Noun.
[Formed fr. L.
quintus
the fifth, after the analogy of
million
: cf. F.
quintillion
. See
Quint
.]
According to the French notation, which is used on the Continent and in America, the cube of a million, or a unit with eighteen ciphers annexed; according to the English notation, a number produced by involving a million to the fifth power, or a unit with thirty ciphers annexed. See the Note under
Numeration
.