sextillion
See also: Sextillion
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɛksˈtɪljən/
- Rhymes: -ɪljən
Numeral
sextillion (plural sextillions)
- (US, Britain, Australia, short scale) A trillion billion: 1 followed by 21 zeros, 1021.
- (dated Britain and Australia, long scale) A million quintillion: 1 followed by 36 zeros, 1036.
Synonyms
- (1021): a long scale thousand trillion (trilliard)
- (1036): a short scale undecillion
Translations
a trillion billion, 1021 — see also trilliard
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a million quintillion, 1036 — see also undecillion
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See also
- (short and long scale) Previous: quintillion. Next: septillion.
- zetta-
French
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Etymology
From sext- (“six”) + -illion.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɛk.sti.ljɔ̃/
Audio (file)
Numeral
sextillion m (plural sextillions)
- undecillion (1036)
- (dated) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (1021)
Further reading
- “sextillion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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