| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| quindecillion |
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| SYLLABICATION: | quin·de·cil·lion |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  kw n d-sl y n |
| NOUN: | 1. The cardinal number equal to 1048. 2. Chiefly British The cardinal number equal to 1090. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin qu ndecim, fifteen ( qunque, five; see penkwe in Appendix I + decem, ten; see deci–) + (m)illion. | | OTHER FORMS: | quinde·cillion —ADJECTIVE
quinde·cillionth —ADJECTIVE & ADVERB —NOUN
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