quintillion
See also: Quintillion
English
Etymology
quint- (“five”) + -illion
Pronunciation
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪljən
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
a billion billion, 1018
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a million quadrillion, 1030
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See also
- (short and long scale) Previous: quadrillion. Next: sextillion.
- (ISO prefix): exa- (short scale).
Noun
quintillion (plural quintillions)
- (figuratively, slang, hyperbolic) Any very large number, exceeding normal description.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:zillion.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɛ̃.ti.ljɔ̃/
Usage notes
- Previous: quadrilliard, 1027
- Next: quintilliard, 1033
Further reading
- “quintillion” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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