sex'tillionth

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sextillion (sɛksˈtɪljən) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , pl -lions, -lion
1.  (in Britain, France, and Germany) the number represented as one followed by 36 zeros (1036)
2.  (in the US and Canada) the number represented as one followed by 21 zeros (1021)
 
[C17: from French, from sex- + -illion, on the model of septillion]
 
sex'tillionth
 
adj, —n

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