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decillion

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de⋅cil⋅lion

  [di-sil-yuhn]
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–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.
–adjective
2. amounting to one decillion in number.
Origin:
1835–45; < L dec(em) ten + -illion, as in million

Related forms:
de⋅cil⋅lionth, adjective, noun
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de·cil·lion   (dĭ-sĭl'yən)   
n.  

  1. The cardinal number equal to 1033.

  2. Chiefly British The cardinal number equal to 1060.


[Latin decem, ten; see deci- + (m)illion.]
de·cil'lion adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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