decillion
noun
a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 33 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 60 zeros.
decillionth
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a word derived from
decillion.
Example Sentences
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It would be a right comfortable thing to pay off one's mortgagees with fractional parts of a halfpenny, and get rid of one's creditors on the "decillionth" scale.
From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I by Charles James Lever
There are those whose minds are satisfied with the decillionth dilution of a scientific proof.
From Medical Essays, 1842-1882 by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Hahnemann tells us that a single dose of the 30th dilution of Aconite, which contains but the decillionth of a drop of the tincture of the remedy, will cure acute pleurisy in twenty-four hours.
From Personal Experience of a Physician by John Ellis
