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quattuordecillion

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quat⋅tu⋅or⋅de⋅cil⋅lion

  [kwot-oo-awr-di-sil-yuhn, kwot-yoo-] noun, plural -lions, (as after a numeral) -lion, adjective
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–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; < L quattuordec(im) fourteen (see quatorze ) + -illion (as in million)

Related forms:
quat⋅tu⋅or⋅de⋅cil⋅lionth, adjective, noun
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quat·tu·or·de·cil·lion   (kwŏt'ōō-ôr-dĭ-sĭl'yən, kwŏt'yōō-)   
n.  

  1. The cardinal number equal to 1045.

  2. Chiefly British The cardinal number equal to 1084.


[Latin quattuordecim, fourteen (quattuor, four; see kwetwer- in Indo-European roots + decem, ten; see deci-) + (m)illion.]
quat'tu·or·di·cil'lion adj., quat'tu·or·di·cil'lionth adj., adv. & n.
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