quadrillion
noun
qua·dril·lion
kwä-ˈdril-yən 
US
: a number equal to 1 followed by 15 zeros see Table of Numbers
quadrillion
adjective
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Hundreds of trillions, or even quadrillions, of cicadas were expected in 2024 when two massive broods emerged at the same time, UConn cicada expert John Cooley said.
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Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2025
This represents a colossal computational effort, meaning that the entire bitcoin miner network now produces 790 quadrillion (790,000,000,000,000,000) operations per second.
—Marie Poteriaieva, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
The previous record holder, Frontier, could do just over 2000 quadrillion peak operations per second.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 Nov. 2024
All four quadrillion connections in the human brain will be mapped.
—Eli Amdur, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
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Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2025
This represents a colossal computational effort, meaning that the entire bitcoin miner network now produces 790 quadrillion (790,000,000,000,000,000) operations per second.
—Marie Poteriaieva, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
The previous record holder, Frontier, could do just over 2000 quadrillion peak operations per second.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 Nov. 2024
All four quadrillion connections in the human brain will be mapped.
—Eli Amdur, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
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quadrillion
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qua·dril·lion
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