Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email
Answers.com

quadrillion

 
Dictionary: quad·ril·lion   (kwŏ-drĭl'yən) pronunciation
n.
  1. The cardinal number equal to 1015.
  2. Chiefly British. Septillion.

[QUADR(I)- + (M)ILLION.]

quadrillion quad·ril'lion adj.

Search unanswered questions...
Enter a question here...
Search: All sources Community Q&A Reference topics

One thousand times one trillion, which is 1, followed by 15 zeros, or 10 to the 15th power. See space/time.

Download Computer Desktop Encyclopedia to your iPhone/iTouch

WordNet: quadrillion
Top
Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: (in Britain and Germany) the number that is represented as a one followed by 24 zeros

Meaning #2: (in the United States and France) the number that is represented as a one followed by 15 zeros


Translations: Quadrillion
Top

Dansk (Danish)
num. - UK; kvadrillion el. en billion billioner, US; tusind billioner
n. - UK; kvadrillion el. en billion billioner, US; tusind billioner

Nederlands (Dutch)
quadriljoen, miljoen miljard

Français (French)
n. - quatrillion, trillion (US), quadrillion
adj. - quatrillion, quadrillion

Deutsch (German)
n. - (USA) Trillion (1 gefolgt von 15 Nullen), (GB) Quatrillion (1 gefolgt von 24 Nullen)
adj. - im Wert von einer Trillion oder einer Quatrillion

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - τετράκις εκατομμύριο
adj. - τετράκις εκατομμυριοστός

Italiano (Italian)
quadrilione

Português (Portuguese)
num. - quatrilhão
adj. - de quatrilhão

Русский (Russian)
квадриллион

Español (Spanish)
n. - cuatrillón
adj. - de cuatrillón

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kvadriljon
adj. - kvadriljon-

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
一百万的四次方, 一千的五次方

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
num. - 一百萬的四次方
n. - 一百萬的四次方, 一千的五次方

한국어 (Korean)
num. - 100만의 4승, 1000조
n. - 백만의 4제곱, 천의 5제곱

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 千兆, 百万の4乗

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الكدريليون, مليون مليارا أي خمسه عشر صفرا على يمين الواحد, مليار مليون مليار أي أربعه و عشرون صفرا على يمين الواحد (صفه) يتعلق بهذا الرقم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קוודריליון (מיליארד טריליונים)‬


Best of the Web: quadrillion
Top

Some good "quadrillion" pages on the web:


Math
mathworld.wolfram.com
 
 
 

 

Copyrights:

Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
Computer Desktop Encyclopedia. THIS COPYRIGHTED DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY.
All other reproduction is strictly prohibited without permission from the publisher.
© 1981-2009 Computer Language Company Inc.  All rights reserved.  Read more
WordNet. WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.  Read more
Translations. Copyright © 2007, WizCom Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved.  Read more