quintilliard
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
num
A thousand million million million million million: 1 followed by thirty-three zeros, 10³³.
Example Sentences
- "A second computator, taking up the inquiry at the point at which it has been left by the first proposer of the query, has shown that the number of “ascendants” increasing in geometrical ratio with each generation back, the number of forbears computed to the 37th degree, exceeds the total population of the earth from that time downwards; while, counted up to half the time from Adam, we come to a number of quintilliards probably large enough to people all the planets of our system; proving, according to the judicious reflection of this novel inquirer, that the entire human race must have had the same grandfathers and grandmothers over and over again, and that, consequently, so far from priding themselves on imaginary superiority of pedigree, all men should regard one another as cousins."
- "With the Triple DES implementation of DES, there are 5 100 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 (5.1 quintilliard) or more possible encryption keys that can be used."
- "Taking into account practical implications, storing all responses would occupy 2.3 × 10⁵⁰ bits with an average of 10 kb per response. It would take several quintilliard years on a Gigabit internet connection to transfer everything without considering possible network instabilities and congestion."
Etymology
From French quintilliard, equivalent to quint- + -illiard.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
Phrases
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Frequently Paired Words
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Synonyms
a short scale decillion