quattuordecillion

From Latin quattuordecim (“fourteen”) +‎ -illion.

• IPA^(key): /ˌkwɒtjuɔː(ɹ)dəˈsɪl.i.ən/

  Rhymes: -ɪljən

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quattuordecillion (plural quattuordecillions)

1. (US, British, Australia, rare, short scale) 10⁴⁵.
   • 2018–2023, Bhikkhu Sujato, transl., “AN 4.3 Broken (1st): Paṭhamakhatasutta”, in Numbered Discourses: A Sensible Translation of the Aṅguttara Nikāya, volume 2 (AN 4), Eastwood, S.A.: SuttaCentral c/o Alwis & Alwis, published 6 March 2023, →ISBN, page 5:

     What’s really terrible luck is to hate the holy ones. For more than two quinquadecillion years, and another five quattuordecillion years, a slanderer of noble ones goes to hell, having aimed bad words and thoughts at them.

2. (dated, British, Australia, rare, long scale) 10⁸⁴.

• 2002 CE, Clifford Pickover, The Mathematics of Oz: Mental Gymnastics from Beyond the Edge, Cambridge University Press (2 September 2002):

  "Ooh!" Dorothy steps back in awe. "Mon Dieu. What is that cool-looking heart symbol?" "Here, ♥ indicates a quattuordecillion".

• 2002 CE, Ron Penton, Data Structures for Game Programmers, Muska & Lipman / Premier-Trade (25 November 25 2002):

  Assuming that each node in your gametree used a modest 64 bytes, that many nodes would take up 6 quattuordecillion yottabytes (I'm really not making this up).

• 2003, CE, Magic Dragon Multimedia, Timeline Cosmic Future:

  One Quattuordecillion Years From Now: Protons and neutrons decay.

• (10⁸⁴): a short scale septenvigintillion

• (short and long scale) Previous: tredecillion. Next: quindecillion.