QUATTUORDECILLION


Meaning of QUATTUORDECILLION in English

— quattuordecillionth , adj. , n.

/kwot"ooh awr'di sil"yeuhn, kwot"yooh-/ , n. , pl. quattuordecillions , ( as after a numeral ) quattuordecillion , adj.

n.

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.

adj.

2. amounting to one quattuordecillion in number.

[ 1900-05; quattuordec ( im ) fourteen (see QUATORZE) + -illion (as in million ) ]

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