quintillionth
Definition
Adjective:
- Being the ordinal number corresponding to the quantity of one quintillion (10^18 or 1,000,000,000,000,000,000) in a sequence. It denotes position or order in a series.
Noun:
- One of a quintillion (10^18) equal parts of a whole. It represents the fraction 1/(10^18).
Examples of Usage
Adjective:
- The event celebrated the quintillionth visitor to the website. (This describes the visitor's position in a counted sequence.)
- He calculated the quintillionth digit of the mathematical constant. (This refers to the digit's specific place in an extremely long sequence.)
Noun:
- A nanometer is a quintillionth of a meter. (This expresses a measurement as an extremely small fraction.)
- The probability of that event is less than one quintillionth. (This uses the noun to describe a minuscule chance.)
Advanced Usage
- Scientific Notation: In technical writing, the concept is often expressed as 10^-18 (for the noun) or simply as the ordinal for the 10^18th position.
- The sensor can detect displacements on the order of 10^-18 meters. (This is equivalent to a quintillionth of a meter.)
Variants and Related Words
- Quintillion (n): The cardinal number equal to 10^18.
- The national debt is measured in the quintillions.
- Quintillionfold (adv): By a factor of one quintillion.
- The investment grew quintillionfold over the theoretical model's timeline.
Synonyms
- Adjective: 10^18th.
- Noun: One part in a quintillion.
Related Phrases
- (one) in a quintillion: An idiomatic expression for an extremely rare occurrence.
- Finding that artifact was a one in a quintillion chance.
Adjective
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the ordinal number of one quintillion in counting order
Noun
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one part in a quintillion equal parts
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