decillion

American  

[dih-sil-yuhn] / dɪˈsɪl yən /

noun

1. a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 33 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 60 zeros.

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adjective

1. amounting to one decillion in number.

decillion British  

/ dɪˈsɪljən /

noun

1. (in Britain, France, and Germany) the number represented as one followed by 60 zeros (10 ⁶⁰ )

2. (in the US and Canada) the number represented as one followed by 33 zeros (10 ³³ )

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Other Word Forms

• decillionth adjective

Etymology

Origin of decillion

1835–45; < Latin dec ( em ) ten + -illion, as in million

Example Sentences

Slow-moving neutrinos pass through matter more easily than fast-moving ones, so only a few, if any, of those 300 decillion neutrinos would interact with your hand at all.

From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2020

Three million tons of matter go into that colossal furnace every second of time, and out of that comes two and a half decillion ergs of energy.

From The Black Star Passes by Campbell, John Wood

This figure is so very large that we shall content ourselves with illustrating a decillion decillion, and for this purpose we avail ourselves of a method employed by Archimedes to illustrate his system of enumeration.

From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by Gore, J. Ellard

The population of the world, therefore, would have been 18,932,139,737,991 decillion, decillion, decillion, decillion, decillion, decillion, decillion, decillion, decillion, decillion; or 18,932,139,737,991 vigintillion, vigintillion, vigintillion, vigintillion, vigintillion, vigintillion.

From The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments by Williams, William A. (William Asbury)