quintillionth
- noun
- /kwɪnˈtɪljənθ/
:
quintillonésima
- In a series of calculations, she found that the quintillionth part of the total was nearly negligible.
Examples
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When measuring the universe, we sometimes need to consider the quintillionth unit to understand its vastness.
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Or is anybody thinking of the quintillionth digit of Pi right now?
Blog text (8) -
The scientist marveled at how the quintillionth element in the sequence revealed a pattern.
Synonyms
A very tiny part equal to one divided by 1,000,000,000,000,000,000
Compounds
- Specialized
A very tiny part equal to one divided by 1,000,000,000,000,000,000
How Small
1
5.8
1
3.6
1
3.6
3
1.6
18
1.0
61
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
quintillionth = quintillion (transparent) = quintillion + th
Derived by attaching the productive ordinal/fractional suffix '-th' to 'quintillion' to indicate one part in a quintillion or the ordinal position.
Etymology
Quintillionth comes from quint- meaning 'five' and the part million, so it points to the very large number called a quintillion. A quintillionth is one part when something is divided into a quintillion equal parts, so it means an extremely small amount.