quattuordecillion

[kwot-oo-awr-di-sil-yuhn, kwot-yoo-]

noun

plural

quattuordecillions ,

plural

quattuordecillion .

1. a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 45 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 84 zeros.

adjective

1. amounting to one quattuordecillion in number.

Other Word Forms

• quattuordecillionth adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of quattuordecillion¹

1900–05; < Latin quattuordec ( im ) fourteen ( quatorze ) + -illion (as in million )