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Quintillion

Quintillion

See also: quintillion

German

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Quintillion f (plural: Quintillionen)

  1. A long scale quintillion, 1030; a short scale nonillion.

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quintillion

See also: Quintillion

English

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quintillion

  1. (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.
  2. (dated, British & Australian, long scale) A million quadrillion: 1 followed by 30 zeros, 1030.

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Noun

quintillion (plural quintillions)

  1. (figuratively, slang) Any very large number, exceeding normal description.

Synonyms

  • See also Wikisaurus:zillion.

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French

Pronunciation

IPA(key): [ kãn.ti'lion ]

Numeral

quintillion

  1. 1030; a quintillion by the long scale; a short scale nonillion.

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