sextillion

[ seks-til-yuhn ]

noun,plural sex·til·lions, (as after a numeral) sex·til·lion.
  1. a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 21 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 36 zeros.

adjective
  1. amounting to one sextillion in number.

Origin of sextillion

1
1680–90; <French <Latin sext(us) sixth + -illion, as in million

Other words from sextillion

  • sex·til·lionth, adjective, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for sextillion

sextillion

/ (sɛksˈtɪljən) /


nounplural -lions or -lion
  1. (in Britain, France, and Germany) the number represented as one followed by 36 zeros (10 36)

  2. (in the US and Canada) the number represented as one followed by 21 zeros (10 21)

Origin of sextillion

1
C17: from French, from sex- + -illion, on the model of septillion

Derived forms of sextillion

  • sextillionth, adjective, noun

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