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quintillionth

quintillionth

9.8
At the position of 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 in a list
  • adjective
  • /kwɪnˈtɪljənθ/
translation icon : quintillonésimo
  • She celebrated the quintillionth visitor to her science blog with a special post.

Examples

  • The computer processed its quintillionth instruction in less than a second.

  • The astronomer calculated the quintillionth star in the simulation universe.

  • She finished in quintillionth place in the race.

  • In a sequence, the quintillionth number is very large.

  • She celebrated the quintillionth visitor to her science blog with a special post.

  • In a sequence, the quintillionth number is very large.

  • The astronomer calculated the quintillionth star in the simulation universe.

Compounds

one-quintillionth
  • Specialized
9.9

A very tiny part equal to one divided by 1,000,000,000,000,000,000

How High

quintillionth
9.8
billionth
1 4.4
millionth
3 2.1
thousandth
1 2.1
hundredth
14 1.0
tenth
100 1.0
first
1.0

Surface Forms

quintillionth positive

Morphology

quintillionth = quintillion (transparent) = quintillion + th

Regular ordinal formation: the productive suffix '-th' added to the cardinal noun 'quintillion' yields the ordinal adjective.

Etymology

Quintillionth comes from quint- meaning 'five' and the familiar million, so it names the fifth -illion in the sequence million, billion, trillion, quadrillion, quintillion. So the quintillionth is the position that matches the number one quintillion.