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tredecillion

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tre⋅de⋅cil⋅lion

[tree-di-sil-yuhn] noun, plural -lions, (as after a numeral) -lion, adjective
–noun
1. a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 42 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 78 zeros.
–adjective
2. amounting to one tredecillion in number.

Origin:
1930–35; < L trē(s) three + decillion


tre⋅de⋅cil⋅lionth, adjective, noun
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tre·de·cil·lion   (trē'dĭ-sĭl'yən)   
n.  
  1. The cardinal number equal to 1042.

  2. Chiefly British The cardinal number equal to 1078.


[Latin tredecim, thirteen (trēs, three; see trei- in Indo-European roots + decem, ten; see deci-) + (m)illion.]
tre'de·cil'lion adj., tre'de·cil'lionth adj., adv. & n.
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