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(in the United States and France) the number that is represented as a one followed by 18 zeros
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quintillion
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context figuratively slang English) Any very large number, exceeding normal description. num. 1 (context US modern British & Australian, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long%20and%20short%20scales English) A billion billion: 1 followed by eighteen zeros, ...
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n. the number that is represented as a one followed by 18 zeros
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1670s, from Latin quintus "the fifth" (see quinque- ) + ending from million . Compare billion . In Great Britain, the fifth power of a million (1 followed by 30 zeroes); in U.S. the sixth power of a thousand (1 followed by 18 zeroes).
Usage examples of quintillion.
It could also be eighteen billion trillion quadrillion quintillion whatever-you-like years ago.
He deemed it cheap to retreat to such sophistry when the noble adventure could be justified within its own terms: man had thrown back the perimeters of ignorance and darkness by quintillions of miles and centuries of years, and that was adequate justification.