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Quadrillion vs Petaton - What's the difference?

quadrillion | petaton |

As nouns the difference between quadrillion and petaton

is that quadrillion is any very large number, exceeding normal description while petaton is a measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many quadrillion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.

As a numeral quadrillion

is a thousand trillion: 1 followed by fifteen zeros, 1015.

quadrillion

English

(long and short scales)

Numeral

(head)
  • A thousand trillion: 1 followed by fifteen zeros, 1015.
  • A million trillion: 1 followed by twenty-four zeros, 1024.

    • See also

    * peta- * yotta- * Previous: trillion. Next: quintillion.

    Synonyms

    * a billiard * a septillion

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (figuratively, slang) Any very large number, exceeding normal description.
  • * 1999 Beverly Lewis, A Perfect Match, Bethany House Publishers, p23
    • They'd never understand — not in a quadrillion years.
  • * 2000 J. D. Maples, Trojan Steers, Lomaland Books Inc, p58
    • Me, I never refuse a meal, and believe me I seen some heavy weather. I musta flown a quadrillion miles and I never did have a problem.
  • * 2004 Arthur Kopecky, New Buffalo: journals from a Taos commune, UNM Press, p143
    • The sky is so absolutely clear with a quadrillion stars.
  • * 2006 Evelyn Caro, The Flickering Attic Window, Trafford Publishing, p8
    • She's named after this famous singer from a quadrillion years ago.

    Synonyms

    * (any very large number) bajillion, bazillion, billion, dillion, fantillion, gadzillion, gagillion, gajillion, gazillion, godzillion, googillion, grillion, hojillion, hundred and one, infillion, jillion, kabillion, kajillion, katrillion, killion, kazillion, million, million and one, quintillion, robillion, skillion, squidillion, squillion, thousand and one, trillion, umptillion, zillion

    petaton

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many quadrillion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.

    • Related terms

    * kiloton * megaton * gigaton * teraton * exaton * zettaton * yottaton ----