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quintillion en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From French quintillion. By surface analysis, quint- (“five”) + -illion.
Meanings
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(excessive, figuratively, slang) Any very large number, exceeding normal description.
Forms
Translations (5)
fr milliard (any very large number) · fr milliards (any very large number) · fr million (any very large number) · fr millions (any very large number) · pt zilhão (any very large number)
quintillion en · NUM
Pronunciation
Etymology
From French quintillion. By surface analysis, quint- (“five”) + -illion.
Meanings
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(Australian, British, US, modern, qualifier:short scale) Either of two very large amounts: ▸ A billion billion: 1 followed by eighteen zeros, 10¹⁸; one million million million.
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.
2023 December 18, Charlie Warzel, “Nobody Knows What’s Happening Online Anymore”, in The Atlantic: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.
2014, “Small Data: Those big numbers keep on coming”, in BBC News Magazine Monitor, BBC:“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) Either of two very large amounts: ▸ A million quadrillion: 1 followed by 30 zeros, 10³⁰.
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(colloquial, excessive) An unspecified very large number.
He had like a quintillion excuses for why he couldn't meet his obligation to me.
Near-synonyms: gazillion; see also Thesaurus:zillion
Forms
Coordinates
billion · trillion · thousand million · million · quadrillion · milliard · thousand · sextillion
Deriveds
quintillionth · quintillionaire · quintillionfold
Relateds
exa- (ISO prefix) · Previous: quadrillion. Next: sextillion. · Previous: quadrilliard. Next: quintilliard.
Synonyms
trillion[long scale]]> · gazillion · nonillion
Translations (44)
fr quintillion (a million quadrillion, 1030 — see also nonillion) · uk квінтильйон (a million quadrillion, 1030 — see also nonillion) · ja 百京 (a billion billion, 1018 — see also trillion) · fr milliard de milliards (a billion billion, 1018 — see also trillion) · ca quintilió (a million quadrillion, 1030 — see also nonillion) · tr kentilyon (a billion billion, 1018 — see also trillion) · de Trillion (a billion billion, 1018 — see also trillion) · ko 백경 (a billion billion, 1018 — see also trillion) · fi kvintiljoona (a million quadrillion, 1030 — see also nonillion) · pt quintilião (a million quadrillion, 1030 — see also nonillion) · el πεντάκις εκατομμύριο (a billion billion, 1018 — see also trillion) · hu trillió (a billion billion, 1018 — see also trillion) · de Quintillion (a million quadrillion, 1030 — see also nonillion) · gl trillón (a billion billion, 1018 — see also trillion) · ms kuintilion (a billion billion, 1018 — see also trillion) · cmn 百亿亿 (a billion billion, 1018 — see also trillion) · es quintillón (a billion billion, 1018 — see also trillion) · es trillón (a billion billion, 1018 — see also trillion) · tr pekken (a billion billion, 1018 — see also trillion) · it trilione (a billion billion, 1018 — see also trillion) · de Quinquillion (a million quadrillion, 1030 — see also nonillion) · hy եռիլիոն (a billion billion, 1018 — see also trillion) · ca trilió (a billion billion, 1018 — see also trillion) · mnc ᡨᠠᠩᡤᡡ ᠴᠠᡴᠴᡳᠨ (a million quadrillion, 1030 — see also nonillion) · el εννεάκις εκατομμύριο (a million quadrillion, 1030 — see also nonillion) · hy հնգիլիոն (a million quadrillion, 1030 — see also nonillion) · ja 百穣 (a million quadrillion, 1030 — see also nonillion) · hy կվինտիլիոն (a billion billion, 1018 — see also trillion) · it quintilione (a million quadrillion, 1030 — see also nonillion) · fi triljoona (a billion billion, 1018 — see also trillion) · sv triljon (a billion billion, 1018 — see also trillion) · mnc ᡨᠠᠩᡤᡡ ᠵᡳᡵᡠᠨ (a billion billion, 1018 — see also trillion) · fr trillion (a billion billion, 1018 — see also trillion) · pt trilião m quintilhão (a billion billion, 1018 — see also trillion) · eo kviniliono (a million quadrillion, 1030 — see also nonillion) · es quintillón (a million quadrillion, 1030 — see also nonillion) · is trilljón (a billion billion, 1018 — see also trillion) · ru квинтиллио́н (a billion billion, 1018 — see also trillion) · cy cwintiliwn (a billion billion, 1018 — see also trillion) · pt nonilhão (a million quadrillion, 1030 — see also nonillion) · pl trylion (a billion billion, 1018 — see also trillion) · nl triljoen (a billion billion, 1018 — see also trillion) · nl quintiljoen (a million quadrillion, 1030 — see also nonillion) · eo triiliono (a billion billion, 1018 — see also trillion)
wikidata: Q319582 · wikidata: Q11751755 · wikidata: Q11751755 · wikidata: Q3115521