quadrillion
noun
qua·dril·lion
kwä-ˈdril-yən 
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: a number equal to 1 followed by 15 zeros see Table of Numbers
quadrillion
adjective
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The least massive stars take an enormous amount of time to burn through their fuel, living as red dwarfs and dying as white dwarfs, before fading away to black after roughly a quadrillion years pass.
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Big Think, 11 Feb. 2026
Additionally, the sPHENIX detector recorded over 200 petabytes (200 quadrillion bytes) of raw data in a single year, more than all previous RHIC datasets together.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 10 Feb. 2026
The rapid crushing down of this stellar core doesn't just create a body of incredible density, but also creates magnetic fields that can be 1 quadrillion times stronger than Earth's magnetosphere.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 4 Feb. 2026
Now a new estimate published in Nature suggests that land sources release about 600 quadrillion (600,000,000,000,000,000) microplastic particles into the atmosphere every year, about 20 times more than the number of particles contributed by oceans (about 26 quadrillion).
—K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 22 Jan. 2026
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Big Think, 11 Feb. 2026
Additionally, the sPHENIX detector recorded over 200 petabytes (200 quadrillion bytes) of raw data in a single year, more than all previous RHIC datasets together.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 10 Feb. 2026
The rapid crushing down of this stellar core doesn't just create a body of incredible density, but also creates magnetic fields that can be 1 quadrillion times stronger than Earth's magnetosphere.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 4 Feb. 2026
Now a new estimate published in Nature suggests that land sources release about 600 quadrillion (600,000,000,000,000,000) microplastic particles into the atmosphere every year, about 20 times more than the number of particles contributed by oceans (about 26 quadrillion).
—K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 22 Jan. 2026
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“Quadrillion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quadrillion. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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