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quadrilliard

quadrilliard numeral: a thousand million million million million: 1 followed by twenty-seven zeros, 10²⁷.

Numeral

quadrilliard (plural quadrilliards)

  1. (rare) A thousand million million million million: 1 followed by twenty-seven zeros, 10²⁷.
    • Ugh. An Australian should use Australian numbers (the same as British), not American. 10^27 is 1,000 quadrillion (or a quadrilliard). An octillion would be 10^48.2002 June 19, bruce, “Re: Australians did it again! (?)”, in alt.fan.robert-jordan (Usenet), message-ID <cs9qea.as3.ln@ID-92747.user.dfncis.de>
    • Your estimation was quite accurate. In a body of 75 kg of water, there are roughly 2.5 x 10^28. That's 25 octillion (US) or 25 quadrilliard (EU).2003 December 3, arie, “Re: Why Women "Test" Men, and What Men can Do About It”, in alt.support.loneliness (Usenet), message-ID <bqkc2m$dg9$1@news.tudelft.nl>
    Synonyms:
    a short scale octillion

Synonyms of quadrilliard

Forms of quadrilliard

pluralquadrilliards

Origin of quadrilliard

From French quadrilliard, equivalent to quadri- + -illiard.

Questions about quadrilliard

What does quadrilliard mean?
Quadrilliard means a thousand million million million million: 1 followed by twenty-seven zeros, 10²⁷.
What part of speech is quadrilliard?
Quadrilliard is a numeral.

Words near quadrilliard in the dictionary

  1. quadrille papers
  2. quadrilled
  3. quadriller
  4. quadrillers
  5. quadrilles
  6. quadrilliard
  7. quadrilliards
  8. quadrilling
  9. quadrillion
  10. quadrillionaire
  11. quadrillionaires

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