Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The cardinal number equal to 1015.
- noun Chiefly British The cardinal number equal to 1024.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The fourth power of a million according to the system of numeration called English; but the fifth power of a thousand according to the French system, commonly used in the United States.
- The cardinal numeral obtained from a quadrillion: used like
hundred .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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 .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun US A
thousand trillion : 1 followed by fifteen zeros, 1015. - noun dated, UK, Australia A
million trillion : 1 followed by twenty-four zeros, 1024. - noun figuratively, slang Any very large number, exceeding normal description.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the number that is represented as a one followed by 15 zeros
- noun the number that is represented as a one followed by 24 zeros
Etymologies
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Examples
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A quadrillion is equal to 1,000 billion, written as a one followed by 15 zeroes.
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The statement of two quadrillion is right up there with every other lie, disinformation and irrational statement of the CONservative inaccuracy machine.
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In the American system, a quadrillion is a million billion.
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In the American system, a quadrillion is a million billion.
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In the American system, a quadrillion is a million billion.
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At the other end of the spectrum, a signal of 10 quadrillionths, or 0.00000000000001, of a watt (a quadrillion is a million billion) could be enough to complete a call.
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The Bank for International Settlements reported in 2008 that total annual derivatives trades were $1.14 quadrillion (a quadrillion is a thousand trillion).
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The Bank for International Settlements reported in 2008 that total annual derivatives trades were $1.14 quadrillion (a quadrillion is a thousand trillion).
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Finance minister Samuel Mumbengegwi last week announced a national budget of 7.8 quadrillion Zimbabwe dollars (a quadrillion is a figure followed by 15 zeroes), the only country in the world whose national spending runs into such a large number.
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$1.14 quadrillion (a quadrillion is a thousand trillion).
OpEdNews 2010
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Also known as the Squarillion Cut, this gem cut is a modified square Princess Cut developed in the late 1970s and patented and trademarked in 1980. Before its development, square-shaped diamonds were step-cut, which limited their brilliance.
September 24, 2007