quindecillion


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quin·de·cil·lion

 (kwĭn′dĭ-sĭl′yən)
n.
1. The cardinal number equal to 1048.
2. Chiefly British The cardinal number equal to 1090.

[Latin quīndecim, fifteen (quīnque, five; see penkwe in Indo-European roots + decem, ten; see deci-) + (m)illion.]

quin′de·cil′lion adj.
quin′de·cil′lionth adj.adv. & n.
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quindecillion

(ˌkwɪndɪˈsɪljən)
n
(in long scale) the number represented as one followed by 90 zeros (1090)(in short scale) the number represented as one followed by 48 zeros (1048)
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quin•de•cil•lion

(ˌkwɪn dɪˈsɪl yən)

n., pl. -lions, (as after a numeral) -lion, n.
1. a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 48 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 90 zeros.
adj.
2. amounting to one quindecillion.
[1900–05; < Latin quīndec(im) fifteen + -illion (as in million)]
quin`de•cil′lionth, adj., n.
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(63.) In December 2008, Forbes reported that Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe had reached a level of inflation that it described as "6.5 quindecillion novemdecillion percent," in which prices double every 24.7 hours.
IRINnews (2009) "Zimbabwe: Inflation at 6.5 Quindecillion Novemdecillion Percent" (21 January).
one sexdecillion x one quintillion = one quindecillion x one
QUINDECILLION ([10.sup.48]) = [(Q + [square root of [U {I + Nineteen}]] - D).sup.(Eight)(C - I - L - L - I - One + Nine)] or QUINDECILLION = Quattuordecillion x ([U x {[I.sup.{Ninety+D+Eighty+C}] + I}]E[{L/L} + I + [One.sup.Nine])
The same argument goes for these numbers too: TRILLION, QUADRILLION, QUINTILLION, SEXTILLION, SEPTILLION, OCTILLION, NONILLION, DECILLION, UNDECILLION, DUODECILLION, TREDECILLION, QUATTUORDECILLION, QUINDECILLION, SEXDECILLION, SEPTENDECILLION, OCTODECILLION, NOVEMDECILLION, VIGINTILLION ...