duodecillion
[doo-oh-di-sil-yuh n, dyoo-]
- a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 39 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 72 zeros.
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- amounting to one duodecillion in number.
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Origin of duodecillion
1910–15; < Latin duodec(im) twelve + -illion, as in million
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All the hairs on the heads of all human beings, which are supposed to be numberless, are only a small fraction of a duodecillion.
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