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quindecillion

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quin⋅de⋅cil⋅lion

  [kwin-di-sil-yuhn] 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 48 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 90 zeros.
–adjective
2. amounting to one quindecillion in number.
Origin:
1900–05; < L quīndec(im) fifteen + -illion (as in million)

Related forms:
quin⋅de⋅cil⋅lionth, adjective, noun
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quin·de·cil·lion   (kwĭn'dĭ-sĭl'yən)   
n.  

  1. The cardinal number equal to 1048.

  2. Chiefly British The cardinal number equal to 1090.


[Latin quīndecim, fifteen (quīnque, five; see penkwe in Indo-European roots + decem, ten; see deci-) + (m)illion.]
quin'de·cil'lion adj., quin'de·cil'lionth adj., adv. & n.
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