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CENTILLION

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cen⋅til⋅lion

[sen-til-yuhn] noun, plural -lions, (as after a numeral) -lion, adjective
–noun
1. a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 303 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 600 zeros.
–adjective
2. amounting to one centillion in number.

Origin:
1850–55; < L cent(um) 100 + -illion (as in million, billion, etc.)


cen⋅til⋅lionth, adjective, noun
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cen·til·lion   (sěn-tĭl'yən)   
n.  
  1. The cardinal number equal to 10303.

  2. Chiefly British The cardinal number equal to 10600.


[Latin centum, hundred; see dek in Indo-European roots + (m)illion.]
cen·til'lion adj., cen·til'lionth adj., adv. & n.
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