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hectobillion

hectobillion numeral: hundred billion.

Numeral

hectobillion (plural hectobillions)

  1. (rare) Hundred billion.
    • Bill Gates is responsible for hectobillions, of whatever currency strikes your fancy, in business done; science done, information disseminated, personal communications and access.2002 February 23, Chas, “It's not the Gov't you should be worried about...”, in rec.martial-arts (Usenet), archived from the original on 12 Nov 2025
    • CHAPTERS FIVE THROUGH TWELVE: Well, there's a few little details to be ironed out, I guess. This will require two hectobillion square brackets, and will involve Cocoa methods that have names that are no fewer than twelve humptosquillion characters long. You like typing, right?2003 July 9, Jøhnny Fävòrítê (it means "genetic antagonism"), “phase three”, in alt.internet.talk.haven (Usenet), archived from the original on 12 Nov 2025
    Synonyms:
    centibillion

Synonyms of hectobillion

Forms of hectobillion

pluralhectobillions

Origin of hectobillion

From hecto- (“hundred”) + billion.

Questions about hectobillion

What does hectobillion mean?
Hectobillion means hundred billion.
What part of speech is hectobillion?
Hectobillion is a numeral.

Words near hectobillion in the dictionary

  1. hectoamp
  2. hectoampere
  3. hectoamperes
  4. hectoamps
  5. hectobecquerel
  6. hectobillion
  7. hectobillionaire
  8. hectobillionaires
  9. hectobillions
  10. hectochlorin
  11. hectocorn

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