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vigintillion

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vi⋅gin⋅til⋅lion

  [vahy-jin-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 63 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 120 zeros.
–adjective
2. amounting to one vigintillion in number.
Origin:
1900–05; < L vīgint(ī) twenty + -illion, as in million

Related forms:
vi⋅gin⋅til⋅lionth, adjective
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vi·gin·til·lion   (vī'jĭn-tĭl'yən)   
n.  

  1. The cardinal number equal to 1063.

  2. Chiefly British The cardinal number equal to 10120.


[Latin vīgintī, twenty; see wīktī- in Indo-European roots + (m)illion.]
vi'gin·til'lion adj., vi'gin·til'lionth adj., adv. & n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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