quintillion

quintillion
[kwɪnˈtɪljən]
(pl. quintillions 或[与数词连用时]复同单)
  1. a thousand raised to the power of six (1018)
    1018(1000的6次幂)
    ■(dated, chiefly Brit.)a million raised to the power of five (1030)
    (旧,主英)1030(100万的5次幂)
派生
quintillionth
ordinal number
语源
  1. late 17th cent.: from French, from million, by substitution of the prefix quinti- 'five' (from Latin quintus 'fifth') for the initial letters
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