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quadrillion

/kwo-dril-yuhn/US // kwɒˈdrɪl yən //UK // (kwɒˈdrɪljən) //

十万亿,十亿,万亿,十万亿美元

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural quad·ril·lions, quad·ril·lion.

    • : 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.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : amounting to one quadrillion in number.

Examples

  • The observatory on Pluto had reported a free planet passing within two hundred quadrillion miles of the solar system.

  • "Three quadrillion times, my son," replied his father with perfect accuracy and a spirit of hourly freshness.

  • Quadrillion, kwod-ril′yun, n. a million raised to the fourth power, represented by a unit with twenty-four ciphers.

  • They give off resonance waves, each one absolutely unique; there's about one chance in a quadrillion of a duplicate pattern.

  • Their velocity was six hundred and sixty quadrillion miles per second!