quintillions
- plural of quintillion.
Example Sentences
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Interplanetary space contains just a few dozen particles in each cubic centimeter — in comparison, the air we breathe has tens of quintillions of molecules per cubic centimeter.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2025
"The right answer emerges every 10 minutes, and the rest of the data, quintillions of them, are computations that serve no further purpose and are therefore immediately discarded," de Vries says.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 29, 2023
Powerful computers race one another to process transactions, solving complex mathematical problems that require quintillions of numerical guesses a second.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2022
To stave off malignancies, a human body must safely negotiate quintillions of chromosomal splits in a lifetime, versus mere trillions for a mouse.
From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2011
And a positronic brain, which with ten pounds of matter and a few quintillions of positrons runs the whole show.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
