See also: Quintillion

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Etymology

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From quint- (five) +‎ -illion.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kwɪnˈtɪljən/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪljən

Numeral

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quintillion (plural quintillions)

  1. (US, modern British & Australian, short scale) A billion billion: 1 followed by eighteen zeros, 1018.
    Synonym: (long scale) trillion
    • 2014, “Small Data: Those big numbers keep on coming”, in BBC News Magazine Monitor[1], 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.
    • 2017 November, N. K. Jemisin, Mac Walters, chapter 1, in Mass Effect Andromeda: Initiation[2], 1st edition (Science Fiction), Titan Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 32:
      “I’m not sure I understand why we have to send a quadrillion-credit mission to another galaxy.”
      He looked fleetingly amused. “Quintillion... and we don’t have a choice, Harper. Any of us, really, but humanity especially.”
    • 2023 December 18, Charlie Warzel, “Nobody Knows What’s Happening Online Anymore”, in The Atlantic[3]:
      You are currently logged on to the largest version of the internet that has ever existed. By clicking and scrolling, you’re one of the 5 billion–plus people contributing to an unfathomable array of networked information—quintillions of bytes produced each day.
  2. (dated, British, Australia, long scale) A million quadrillion: 1 followed by 30 zeros, 1030.
    Synonym: (short scale) nonillion

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Noun

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quintillion (plural quintillions)

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

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French

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French numbers (edit)
 ←  1024  ←  1027 1030 1033  →  1036  → 
    Cardinal: un quintillion
    Ordinal: quintillionième

Etymology

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From quint- (five) +‎ -illion.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kɛ̃.ti.ljɔ̃/; /kɥɛ̃.ti.ljɔ̃/
  • Audio:(file)

Numeral

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quintillion m (plural quintillions)

  1. nonillion (1030)
  2. (dated) quintillion (1018)

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