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quadrillion

One thousand times one trillion, which is 1, followed by 15 zeros, or 10 to the 15th power. See space/time.


quadrillion
1. (in Britain) the number represented as one followed by 24 zeros (1024)
2. (in the US and Canada) the number represented as one followed by 15 zeros (1015)


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These pulse lasers cut an object the size of a hair and at a speed of a quadrillionth of a second, with no collateral tissue damage.
With the IntraLase Method, the surgeon precisely controls the first step of LASIK using a computer-controlled laser that delivers rapid pulses of light, a quadrillionth of a second each, to a pre-programmed depth and position within the cornea.
Beyond that, the quadrillionth binary digit beckons.
 
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