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no⋅nil⋅lion

  [noh-nil-yuhn] 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 30 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 54 zeros.
–adjective
2. amounting to one nonillion in number.
Origin:
1680–90; < F, equiv. to non- (< L nōnus ninth) + -illion, as in million million

Related forms:
no⋅nil⋅lionth, noun, adjective
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no·nil·lion   (nō-nĭl'yən)   
n.  

  1. The cardinal number equal to 1030.

  2. Chiefly British The cardinal number equal to 1054.


[French : Latin nōnus, ninth; see nona- + French million, million (from Old French milion; see million).]
no·nil'lion adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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