quattuordecillion

quat·tu·or·de·cil·lion

[kwot-oo-awr-di-sil-yuhn, kwot-yoo-] noun, plural quat·tu·or·de·cil·lions ( as after a numeral ) quat·tu·or·de·cil·lion, adjective
noun
1.
a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 45 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 84 zeros.
adjective
2.
amounting to one quattuordecillion in number.

Origin:
1900–05; < Latin quattuordec(im) fourteen (see quatorze) + -illion (as in million)

quat·tu·or·de·cil·lionth, adjective, noun
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