one quintillionth

/wʌn kwɪnˈtɪljənθ/
noun
  1. One of a quintillion equal parts of something; the fraction 1/1,000,000,000,000,000,000.
    • Astronomers measured the star's brightness change by one-quintillionth of its total output.
    • The mass of a single electron is roughly one-quintillionth of a gram.
    • A one-quintillionth of a meter is called an attometer.
adjective
  1. Being one of a quintillion equal parts; extraordinarily small.
    • A one-quintillionth adjustment in the telescope's mirror made a huge difference.
    • The one-quintillionth portion of the data was lost due to a glitch.
    • The lab can detect one-quintillionth levels of certain chemicals in water.
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