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quindecillion en · NUM

Pronunciation

• /ˌkwɪndəˈsɪl.i.ən/
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Etymology

From Latin quīndec(im) (“fifteen”) + -illion. By surface analysis, quindec- (“fifteen”) + -illion or quin- (“five”) + decillion.

Meanings

1. (US, qualifier:modern UK and Australia short scale, rare) 10⁴⁸.
   • One supernova, in 1054, was thought by many to herald the biblical Day of Judgment. We have reached an energy level of 10 quindecillion ergs, or 10⁴⁹ ergs. 1978, D. Wallechinsky, I. Wallace, A. Wallace, The People's Almanac Presents The Book of Lists, Bantam:
   • 3 quindecillion, 657 quattuordecillion, 262 tredecillion; which is to say the figures 3,657,262 followed by 42 ciphers. Operators of the key punch machines transfer a code symbol from the Census …. 1946: United States Department of Commerce, The United States Department of Commerce: How it serves you on land and sea and in the air, U. S. Government Printing Office (1946)
2. (Australia, UK, dated, qualifier:long scale, rare) 10⁹⁰.

Forms

Relateds

Previous: quattuordecillion. Next: sexdecillion. (short and long scale)

Synonyms

quinquadecillion · 1048 (a long scale octillion) · 1090 (a short scale novemvigintillion)

Translations (12)

bg квиндецилио́н (1048 — see also octillion) · hu oktillió (1048 — see also octillion) · ru квиндециллион (1048 — see also octillion) · fi oktiljoona (1048 — see also octillion) · ms kuindesilion (1048 — see also octillion) · eo okiliono (1048 — see also octillion) · pl kwindecylion (1090 — see also novemvigintillion) · ja 極 (1048 — see also octillion) · de Quindezillion (1090 — see also novemvigintillion) · fi kvindekiljoona (1090 — see also novemvigintillion) · de Oktillion (1048 — see also octillion) · pl kwindecylion (1048 — see also octillion)