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Quadrillion vs Quattuordecillion - What's the difference?

quadrillion | quattuordecillion |

As a numeral quattuordecillion is

(us|british|australian|rare|short scale) 1045.

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

    quattuordecillion

    English

    Numeral

    (head)
  • (US, British, Australian, rare, short scale) 1045.
  • (dated, British, Australian, rare, long scale) 1084.

    • See also

    * (short and long scale) Previous': tredecillion. ' Next : quindecillion.

    Quotations

    * 2002 CE, Clifford Pickover, The Mathematics of Oz: Mental Gymnastics from Beyond the Edge , Cambridge University Press (2 September 2002): *: "Ooh!" Dorothy steps back in awe. "Mon Dieu. What is that cool-looking heart symbol?" "Here, ♥ indicates a quattuordecillion ". * 2002 CE, Ron Penton, Data Structures for Game Programmers , Muska & Lipman / Premier-Trade (25 November 25 2002): *: Assuming that each node in your gametree used a modest 64 bytes, that many nodes would take up 6 quattuordecillion yottabytes (I'm really not making this up). * 2003 CE, Magic Dragon Multimedia, Timeline Cosmic Future , (2003): *: One Quattuordecillion Years From Now: Protons and neutrons decay.