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duodecillion

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du⋅o⋅de⋅cil⋅lion

  [doo-oh-di-sil-yuhn, dyoo-] noun, plural -lions, (as after a numeral) -lion, adjective
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–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.
Origin:
1910–15; < L duodec(im) twelve + -illion, as in million

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

  1. The cardinal number equal to 1039.

  2. Chiefly British The cardinal number equal to 1072.


[Latin duodecim, twelve; see duodecimal + (m)illion.]
du'o·de·cil'lion adj., du'o·de·cil'lionth adj., adv. & n.
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