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sextillion
[ seks-til-yuhn ]
noun
, plural sex·til·lions, (as after a numeral) sex·til·lion.
- a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 21 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 36 zeros.
adjective
- amounting to one sextillion in number.
sextillion
/ sɛksˈtɪljən /
noun
- (in Britain, France, and Germany) the number represented as one followed by 36 zeros (10 36)
- (in the US and Canada) the number represented as one followed by 21 zeros (10 21)
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Derived Forms
- sexˈtillionth, adjectivenoun
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Other Words From
- sex·tillionth adjective noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sextillion1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sextillion1
C17: from French, from sex- + -illion, on the model of septillion
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Example Sentences
So the researchers also crunched ocean temperature data using a second, more conservative method for estimating total annual ocean heat and found that the jump from 2019 to 2020 could be as low as 1 sextillion joules.
From Science News
Clark Kent can bench press six sextillion tons, reverse the rotation of the earth, and fly to the office in six seconds.
From The Daily Beast
By rhythmic reversion, sextillion worlds passed into diaphanous luster; fire became firmament.
From Project Gutenberg
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