QUINTILLION


Meaning of QUINTILLION in English

— quintillionth , n. , adj.

/kwin til"yeuhn/ , n. , pl. quintillions , ( as after a numeral ) quintillion , adj.

n.

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.

adj.

2. amounting to one quintillion in number.

[ 1665-75; quint ( us ) FIFTH + -illion (as in million ) ]

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