| 单词 | centillionth |
| 释义 | > as lemmascenˈtillionth cenˈtillionth n. and adj. now rare (a) n. any of the centillion equal parts into which something may be divided; (hyperbolically) an infinitesimal fraction; (b) adj. that is one of the centillion equal parts into which something may be divided; (hyperbolically) infinitesimally small. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > hundred and over > [noun] > division of power of a million centillionth1815 decillionth1830 octillionth1842 sextillionth1842 trillionth1848 quadrillionth1883 1815 Ann. Philos. 6 178 At F H, 5 minus one centillionth to 1 is too small, and 5 plus one centillionth to 1 is too great. 1838 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 30 Oct. Fly with the speed of light for a centillion centuries, double the distance in the centillionth part of a second, and keep on at this rate for another centillion centuries. 1908 Dominion Med. Monthly Mar. 123 Otherwise sane men came to believe in the efficacy of a centillionth of a grain of carbon, and the infallibility of ‘similia similibus curanter’. 2005 J. Sherratt One, Two & Even iii. 17 Prosecutors win ninety-five percent of the cases that go to trial, and they usually don't have one-centillionth of the evidence that they have with this one. < as lemmas |
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