quattuordecillion

quattuordecillion [kwot-oo-awr-di-sil-yuh n, kwot-yoo-] Word Origin noun, plural quat·tu·or·de·cil·lions, (as after a numeral) quat·tu·or·de·cil·lion.

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

2. amounting to one quattuordecillion in number.

Origin of quattuordecillion 1900–05; Latin quattuordec(im) fourteen (see quatorze) + -illion (as in million)Related formsquat·tu·or·de·cil·lionth, adjective, noun