Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The cardinal number equal to 1048.
  • noun Chiefly British The cardinal number equal to 1090.

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  • noun rare, US 1048.
  • noun rare, dated 1090.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin quīndecim, fifteen (quīnque, five; see penkwe in Indo-European roots + decem, ten; see deci–) + (m)illion.]

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Examples

  • Inflation in Zimbabwe at 6.5 quindecillion novemdecillion percent Published on Jan 22, 2009 - 7: 39: 11 AM

    YubaNet.com 2009

  • In the absence of credible official statistics, Hanke developed a hyperinflation index for Zimbabwe and in an article in the December 2008 issue of the financial magazine, Forbes Asia, put the annual inflation rate at around 6.5 quindecillion novemdecillion percent - 65 followed by 107 zeros.

    YubaNet.com 2009

  • Forbes, the respected business publishers, put the country's annual inflation at around 6.5 quindecillion novemdecillion percent.

    The Bearded Man 2009

  • The official inflation rate, last updated in July 2008, was 231,000,000\% a year, although independent estimates place the number as high as 6. 5x10 quindecillion novemdecillion, percent.

    Wikinews 2009

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  • So, a wanky name for an obscure large number that is actually two different obscure large numbers.

    February 9, 2016

  • The exponent symbols were stripped ... Should be 10 to the power of 48 or 10 to the power of 90

    10^48. 10^90.

    February 9, 2016

  • More power to you alexz.

    February 9, 2016

  • I'm going with 1048. One day a person on the street will ask me the time and I'll look at my fob showing 10:48 and I'll say, "It's quindecillion. And the top of the morning to you sir."

    February 9, 2016