quadrillion
See also: Quadrillion
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French quadrillion, from quadri- (“four”) + -illion.
PronunciationEdit
- (US) IPA(key): /kwɑˈdɹɪl.i.ən/, /kwɑˈdɹɪl.jən/
- (General Australian, Scotland) IPA(key): /kwɔˈdɹɪl.jən/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /kwɔˈdɹɘl.jɘn/
- (UK, Ireland, General South African) IPA(key): /kwɒˈdɹɪl.jən/, /kwɒˈdʒɹɪl.jən/ (the latter may be non-standard)
Audio (US) (file) Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪljən
NumeralEdit
quadrillion (plural quadrillions)
- (US, modern British and Australian, short scale) A thousand trillion (logic: 1,000 × 1,000^4): 1 followed by fifteen zeros, 1015.
- 2022 September 19, Schultheiss et al., “The abundance, biomass, and distribution of ants on Earth”, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, page 1, column 2:
- Integrating data from all continents and major biomes, we conservatively estimate 20 × 1015 (20 quadrillion) ants on Earth, with a total biomass of 12 megatons of dry carbon.
- (dated, UK, Australia, long scale) A million trillion (logic: 1,000 × 1,000,000^2): 1 followed by twenty-four zeros, 1024.
SynonymsEdit
- (1015): a long scale billiard
- (1024): a short scale septillion
DescendantsEdit
- → Welsh: cwadriliwn
TranslationsEdit
a thousand trillion (1,000,000,000,000,000); a billiard
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a million trillion, 1024 — See also translations at septillion
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See alsoEdit
- (1015): peta-
- (1024): yotta-
- (1015): Previous: trillion. Next: quintillion.
- (1024): Previous: trilliard. Next: quadrilliard.
NounEdit
quadrillion (plural quadrillions)
- (figuratively, slang, hyperbolic) Any very large number, exceeding normal description.
- 1999 Beverly Lewis, A Perfect Match, Bethany House Publishers, p23
- They'd never understand — not in a quadrillion years.
- 2000 J. D. Maples, Trojan Steers, Lomaland Books Inc, p58
- Me, I never refuse a meal, and believe me I seen some heavy weather. I musta flown a quadrillion miles and I never did have a problem.
- 2004 Arthur Kopecky, New Buffalo: journals from a Taos commune, UNM Press, p143
- The sky is so absolutely clear with a quadrillion stars.
- 2006 Evelyn Caro, The Flickering Attic Window, Trafford Publishing, p8
- She's named after this famous singer from a quadrillion years ago.
- 1999 Beverly Lewis, A Perfect Match, Bethany House Publishers, p23
SynonymsEdit
- (any very large number): bajillion, bazillion, billion, dillion, fantillion, gadzillion, gagillion, gajillion, gazillion, godzillion, googillion, grillion, hojillion, hundred and one, jillion, kabillion, kajillion, katrillion, killion, kazillion, million, million and one, quintillion, robillion, skillion, squidillion, squillion, thousand and one, trillion, umptillion, zillion
TranslationsEdit
FrenchEdit
| [a], [b], [c] ← 1018 | [a], [b], [c] ← 1021 | 1024 | 1027 → | 1030 → |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinal (traditional spelling): un quadrillion Cardinal (post-1990 spelling): un-quadrillion Ordinal: quadrillionième | ||||
| French Wikipedia article on 1024 | ||||
EtymologyEdit
From Middle French quadrillion, from quadri- (“four”) + -illion.
PronunciationEdit
NumeralEdit
quadrillion m (plural quadrillions)
- septillion (1024)
- (dated) quadrillion (1015)
Further readingEdit
- “quadrillion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle FrenchEdit
NounEdit
quadrillion m (plural quadrillions)
- quadrillion (1024)