quadrillion
pronunciation
How to pronounce quadrillion in British English:
UK [kwɒˈdrɪljən]
How to pronounce quadrillion in American English:
US [kwɑːˈdrɪljən]
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- Noun:
- the number that is represented as a one followed by 24 zeros
- the number that is represented as a one followed by 15 zeros
Word Origin
- quadrillion (n.)
- 1670s, from French quadrillion (16c.) from quadri- "four" (see quadri-) + (m)illion. Compare billion. In Great Britain, the fourth power of a million (1 followed by 24 zeroes); in the U.S., the fifth power of a thousand (1 followed by 15 zeroes).
Example
- 1. The magic number is 6.3 quadrillion electron-volts .
- 2. Sequoia will produce 40 times as much power zipping through 20 quadrillion operations per second .
- 3. This year according to idc the world 's digital universe will reach 1.2 zettabytes or 1.2 quadrillion megabytes .
- 4. The americans and british call this number a quadrillion , although the european name is a billiard .
- 5. The technique is so sensitive that it can detect a single radioactive carbon atom hiding among a quadrillion ( one million billion ) ordinary ones .