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a numerical value represented as one followed by eighteen zeros
- Astronomers estimate there are over a quintillion stars in the observable universe.
- The company analyzed a database containing a quintillion bytes of information to identify trends.
- If you stacked a quintillion grains of sand, it would stretch far beyond Earth's atmosphere.
- The national debt might reach a quintillion dollars in the distant future if left unchecked.
- Scientists theorize that a quintillion atoms could fit inside a single grain of salt.