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sextillion

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sex⋅til⋅lion

  [seks-til-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 21 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 36 zeros.
–adjective
2. amounting to one sextillion in number.
Origin:
1680–90; < F < L sext(us) sixth + -illion, as in million

Related forms:
sex⋅til⋅lionth, adjective, noun
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sex·til·lion   (sěk-stĭl'yən)   
n.  

  1. The cardinal number equal to 1021.

  2. Chiefly British The cardinal number equal to 1036.


[French : Latin sextus, sixth; see sextile + French -illion (as in million, million, from Old French milion; see million).]
sex·til'lion adj.
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