nonillion

[ noh-nil-yuhn ]

noun,plural no·nil·lions, (as after a numeral) no·nil·lion.
  1. a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 30 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 54 zeros.

adjective
  1. amounting to one nonillion in number.

Origin of nonillion

1
1680–90; <French, equivalent to non- (<Latin nōnus ninth) + -illion, as in millionmillion

Other words from nonillion

  • no·nil·lionth, noun, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for nonillion

nonillion

/ (nəʊˈnɪljən) /


noun
  1. (in Britain, France, and Germany) the number represented as one followed by 54 zeros (10 54)

  2. (in the US and Canada) the number represented as one followed by 30 zeros (10 30): Brit word: quintillion

Origin of nonillion

1
C17: from French, from Latin nōnus ninth, on the model of million

Derived forms of nonillion

  • nonillionth, adjective, noun

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