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Meaning of QUADRILLION

Pronunciation:  kwâ'drilyun

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  (in the United States and France) the number that is represented as a one followed by 15 zeros
  2. [n]  (in Britain and Germany) the number that is represented as a one followed by 24 zeros; "in England they call a septillion a quadrillion"
 
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 See Also: large integer

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Quad*ril"lion\, n. [F., fr. L. quater four times,
akin to quattuor four, E. four; -- formed like million. See
{Four}, {Million}.]
According to the French notation, which is followed also upon
the Continent and in the United States, a unit with fifteen
ciphers annexed; according to the English notation, the
number produced by involving a million to the fourth power,
or the number represented by a unit with twenty-four ciphers
annexed. See the Note under {Numeration}.
 

 

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