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quad·ril·lion  (kw-drlyn)

n.

1. The cardinal number equal to 10¹⁵.

2. Chiefly British Septillion.

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[quadr(i)- + (m)illion.]

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quad·rillion adj.

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quadrillion [kwɒˈdrɪljən]

n

1. (Mathematics) (in Britain) the number represented as one followed by 24 zeros (10²⁴) US and Canadian word septillion

2. (Mathematics) (in the US and Canada) the number represented as one followed by 15 zeros (10¹⁵)

determiner

(preceded by a or a numeral)

a.  amounting to this number a quadrillion atoms

b.  (as pronoun) a quadrillion

[from French quadrillon, from quadri- + -illion, on the model of million]

quadrillionth  adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	quadrillion - the number that is represented as a one followed by 24 zeros; "in England they call a septillion a quadrillion" Deutschland, FRG, Germany, Federal Republic of Germany - a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990 Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom large integer - an integer equal to or greater than ten
	2.	quadrillion - the number that is represented as a one followed by 15 zeros France, French Republic - a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 large integer - an integer equal to or greater than ten

Translations

quadrillion

n (Brit) → Quadrillion f; (US) → Billiarde f