QUADRILLION


Meaning of QUADRILLION in English

— quadrillionth , n. , adj.

/kwo dril"yeuhn/ , n. , pl. quadrillions , ( as after a numeral ) quadrillion , adj.

n.

1. a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 15 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 24 zeros.

adj.

2. amounting to one quadrillion in number.

[ 1665-75; QUADR- + -illion (as in million ) ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .