sextillion

sɛksˈtɪljən

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#1·12h ago

(US, British, Australian, short scale) A trillion billion: 1 followed by 21 zeros, 1021.

Origin: From ; originally the sixth power of a million, 1036. Compare slightly earlier quintillion, (1484) and (1765). First attested in 1689 in John Locke’s An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (see the quotation). Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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(dated, _, British, and, Australian, long scale) A million quintillion: 1 followed by 36 zeros, 1036.

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