Quadrillion : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Quadrillion	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quadrillion n the number that is represented as a one followed by 24 zeros; "in England they call a septillion a quadrillion" the number that is represented as a one followed by 15 zeros
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quadrillion \Quad*ril"lion\, n. [F., fr. L. quater four times, akin to quattuor four, E. four; -- formed like million. See {Four}, {Million}.] According to the French notation, which is followed also upon the Continent and in the United States, a unit with fifteen ciphers annexed; according to the English notation, the number produced by involving a million to the fourth power, or the number represented by a unit with twenty-four ciphers annexed. See the Note under {Numeration}.