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du·o·de·cil·lion
[doo-oh-di-sil-yuhn, dyoo-] noun, plural du·o·de·cil·lions, (as after a numeral) du·o·de·cil·lion, adjective noun
1.
a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 39 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 72 zeros.
adjective
2.
amounting to one duodecillion in number.
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Duodecillion
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So is cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine. Does it mean:
| the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language). |
| a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells. |
Origin:
1910–15; < Latin duodec(im) twelve + -illion, as in million
1910–15; < Latin duodec(im) twelve + -illion, as in million
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du·o·de·cil·lionth, noun, adjective
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