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nonagintillion

nonagintillion numeral: 10²⁷³.

Numeral

nonagintillion

  1. (rare, short scale) 10²⁷³.
    • Turning to Latin again, we are now able to construct the extended table of names for each tenth unit: […] [Zeroes:] 273 [Number:] nonagintillion[1965, Dmitri A[lfred] Borgmann, “Numerical Logology”, in Language on Vacation: An Olio of Orthographical Oddities, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 225
    • But one can have, after the vigintillion, a trigintillion, a quadragintillion, a quinquagintillion, a sexagintillion, a septuagintillion, an octogintillion, a nonagintillion, and a centillion.2003 July 16, jsavard@ecn.ab.ca [John Savard], “Beyond the Vigintillion”, in sci.math (Usenet), archived from the original on 30 Dec 2025

Examples of nonagintillion in a sentence

  • "Twice beneath a time." "Thrice beyond a time." "One hundred thousand three hundred and forty-six nonagintillion duocentillion sextendecillion^([sic]) times without…" …a time?2004, Brian Campbell, “Conte”, in Lenore Langs, Laurie Smith, editors, Continuum: Time, the Fourth Dimension, Windsor, Ont.: Cranberry Tree...
  • Also, apparently any number larger than 249 quadrillion nonagintillion is equal to infinity2012 December 15, u/BlazeOrangeDeer, “This website I signed up for measures password strength by how long it would take to crack it”, in...
  • Confused by the nonagintillion different types of currencies in Neverwinter?2013 May 15, Justin Olivetti, “Neverwinter Days: The 14 guides you need to read”, in Engadget, archived from the original on 20 Jan 2021:
  • That is, one chance out of a nonagintillion!!2020 November 14, Joe Hoft, “EXCLUSIVE: In Georgia the Difference In President-Only Ballots Between President Trump and Biden Is...

Origin of nonagintillion

From Latin nōnāgintā + -illion. Coined by author and logologist Dmitri Borgmann in his 1965 book Language on Vacation (see the quotation). Different forms (such as ninogintillion and novengentillion) were coined earlier by various authors.

Questions about nonagintillion

What does nonagintillion mean?
Nonagintillion means 10²⁷³.
How do you use nonagintillion in a sentence?
"Twice beneath a time." "Thrice beyond a time." "One hundred thousand three hundred and forty-six nonagintillion duocentillion sextendecillion^([sic]) times without…" …a time?
What part of speech is nonagintillion?
Nonagintillion is a numeral.

Words near nonagintillion in the dictionary

  1. nonaggressor
  2. nonaggressors
  3. nonaggrieved
  4. nonagile
  5. nonaging
  6. nonagintillion
  7. nonagist
  8. nonagitated
  9. nonaglucoside
  10. nonaglucosides
  11. nonagnatic

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