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quin⋅til⋅lion

[kwin-til-yuhn] noun, plural -lions, (as after a numeral) -lion, adjective
–noun
1. a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 18 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 30 zeros.
–adjective
2. amounting to one quintillion in number.

Origin:
1665–75; < L quīnt(us) fifth + -illion (as in million)


quin⋅til⋅lionth, noun, adjective
quin·til·lion   (kwĭn-tĭl'yən)   
n.  
  1. The cardinal number equal to 1018.
  2. Chiefly British The cardinal number equal to 1030.

[Latin quīntus, fifth; see penkwe in Indo-European roots + (m)illion.]
quin·til'lion adj.

quintillion 
1674, from L. quintus "fifth" + (m)illion. Cf. billion. In Great Britain, the fifth power of a million (1 followed by 30 zeroes); in U.S. the fifth power of a thousand (1 followed by 18 zeroes).

quintillion
10^30 in Europe (this is called a nonillion in the United States and Canada).
10^18 in the United States and Canada (this is called a trillion in Europe).
[Collins dictionary].

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