Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
quadrillion en · NUM
Pronunciation
- /kwɔˈdɹɘl.jɘn/ (New-Zealand)
- /kwɔˈdɹɪl.jən/ (Australia, Scotland)
- /kwɑˈdɹɪl.i.ən/ (US)
- /kwɑˈdɹɪl.jən/ (US)
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- /kwɒˈdɹɪl.jən/ (General-South-African, Ireland, UK)
Etymology
From French quadrillion, from quadri- (“four”) + -illion. By surface analysis, quadr- + -illion.
Meanings
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(Australian, British, US, modern, qualifier:short scale) A thousand trillion (logic: 1,000 × 1,000⁴): 1 followed by fifteen zeros, 10¹⁵.
A man named Chris Reynolds was credited $92 quadrillion USD on his paypal account, "This unexpected influx of wealth elevated him to the status of the richest person on the planet and the only quadrillionaire to have ever existed". Following this, after the man reported this error and it was fixed, "PayPal owned up to their mistake and thanked the richest man of all time for understanding the situation, saying: 'This is obviously an error and we appreciate that Mr. Reynolds understood this was the case'".
2013 July 14, Sylvia Silverstone, “Richest Man of All-Time Dramatically Gained and Lost His Entire Fortune in Just 2 Minutes”, in MSN, archived from the original on 17 Mar 2023: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.
2022 September 19, P. 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:“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.”
2017 November, N. K. Jemisin, Mac Walters, chapter 1, in Mass Effect Andromeda: Initiation, 1st edition (Science Fiction), Titan Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 32:
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(Australia, UK, dated, qualifier:long scale) A million trillion (logic: 1,000,000⁴): 1 followed by twenty-four zeros, 10²⁴.
Forms
Coordinates
billion · trillion · thousand million · million · milliard · thousand · sextillion · quintillion
Deriveds
quadrillionaire · quadzillion · quadrillionfold · quadrillionth
Descendants
cwadriliwn
Relateds
peta- · Previous: trilliard. Next: quadrilliard. · Previous: trillion. Next: quintillion. · yotta-
Synonyms
1015 (a long scale billiard) · 1024 (a short scale septillion)
Translations (60)
mt biljard (a thousand trillion (1,000,000,000,000,000); a billiard) · de Quadrillion (a million trillion, 1024 — see also septillion) · ja 一秭 (a million trillion, 1024 — see also septillion) · ms kuadrilion (a thousand trillion (1,000,000,000,000,000); a billiard) · cy mil biliwn (a thousand trillion (1,000,000,000,000,000); a billiard) · hu ezerbillió (a thousand trillion (1,000,000,000,000,000); a billiard) · mnc ᠮᡳᠩᡤᠠᠨ ᠰᠠᠵᠠ (a thousand trillion (1,000,000,000,000,000); a billiard) · ro biliard (a thousand trillion (1,000,000,000,000,000); a billiard) · cmn 千万亿 (a thousand trillion (1,000,000,000,000,000); a billiard) · mnc ᡩᡠᠩᡧᡠᠨ (a million trillion, 1024 — see also septillion) · ro cvadrilion (a million trillion, 1024 — see also septillion) · tr katrilyon (a thousand trillion (1,000,000,000,000,000); a billiard) · pt septilhão (a million trillion, 1024 — see also septillion) · vi triệu tỷ (a thousand trillion (1,000,000,000,000,000); a billiard) · eo kvariliono (a million trillion, 1024 — see also septillion) · fi biljardi (a thousand trillion (1,000,000,000,000,000); a billiard) · hy կվադրիլիոն (a thousand trillion (1,000,000,000,000,000); a billiard) · ko 천조 (a thousand trillion (1,000,000,000,000,000); a billiard) · pt quatrilhão (a thousand trillion (1,000,000,000,000,000); a billiard) · xal тунмл (a thousand trillion (1,000,000,000,000,000); a billiard) · cy cwadriliwn (a thousand trillion (1,000,000,000,000,000); a billiard) · pt quadrilião m quatrilião (a million trillion, 1024 — see also septillion) · fr million de milliards (a thousand trillion (1,000,000,000,000,000); a billiard) · pt quadrilhão (a thousand trillion (1,000,000,000,000,000); a billiard) · fi kvadriljoona (a million trillion, 1024 — see also septillion) · nl biljard (a thousand trillion (1,000,000,000,000,000); a billiard) · hu billiárd (a thousand trillion (1,000,000,000,000,000); a billiard) · sv kvadriljon (a million trillion, 1024 — see also septillion) · nn biljard (a thousand trillion (1,000,000,000,000,000); a billiard) · sv biljard (a thousand trillion (1,000,000,000,000,000); a billiard) · hy քառիլիոն (a million trillion, 1024 — see also septillion) · pl kwadrylion (a million trillion, 1024 — see also septillion) · et biljard (a thousand trillion (1,000,000,000,000,000); a billiard) · pl biliard (a thousand trillion (1,000,000,000,000,000); a billiard) · fa کوادریلیون (a thousand trillion (1,000,000,000,000,000); a billiard) · ru септиллио́н (a million trillion, 1024 — see also septillion) · sa अन्त्य (a thousand trillion (1,000,000,000,000,000); a billiard) · de Billiarde (a thousand trillion (1,000,000,000,000,000); a billiard) · es mil billones (a thousand trillion (1,000,000,000,000,000); a billiard) · pt mil biliões (a thousand trillion (1,000,000,000,000,000); a billiard) · el επτάκις εκατομμύριο (a million trillion, 1024 — see also septillion) · eo biliardo (a thousand trillion (1,000,000,000,000,000); a billiard) · ky тунмал (a thousand trillion (1,000,000,000,000,000); a billiard) · ja 千兆 (a thousand trillion (1,000,000,000,000,000); a billiard) · mn тунамал (a thousand trillion (1,000,000,000,000,000); a billiard) · cs biliarda (a thousand trillion (1,000,000,000,000,000); a billiard) · fr quadrillion (a million trillion, 1024 — see also septillion) · mt kwadriljun (a thousand trillion (1,000,000,000,000,000); a billiard) · hy հազար երկիլիոն (a thousand trillion (1,000,000,000,000,000); a billiard) · et septiljon (a million trillion, 1024 — see also septillion) · es cuatrillón (a thousand trillion (1,000,000,000,000,000); a billiard) · ru квадриллио́н (a thousand trillion (1,000,000,000,000,000); a billiard) · ca quadrilió (a million trillion, 1024 — see also septillion) · ky санчоо (a thousand trillion (1,000,000,000,000,000); a billiard) · es cuatrillón (a million trillion, 1024 — see also septillion) · fr billiard (a thousand trillion (1,000,000,000,000,000); a billiard) · vi triệu tỷ tỷ (a million trillion, 1024 — see also septillion) · nl quadriljoen (a million trillion, 1024 — see also septillion) · tr bilyar (a thousand trillion (1,000,000,000,000,000); a billiard) · el τετρακισεκατομμύριο (a thousand trillion (1,000,000,000,000,000); a billiard)