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novendecillion

novendecillion is the alternative form of novemdecillion.

Meaning of novemdecillion

Numeral

novemdecillion (plural novemdecillions)

  1. (US, rare, modern British & Australian, short scale) 10⁶⁰.
    • It is one chance in a novemdecillion. For those who like to be precise, that exact statistic is one chance in 1,606,937,974,174,171,729,761,809,705,564,167,968,221,676,069,604,401,795,301,376.1962, Jerry D. Lewis, Crusade against crime, Random House, page 314
    Synonyms:
    1060
  2. (dated, rare, British & Australian, long scale) 10¹¹⁴.
  3. (colloquial, excessive) A very large but unspecified number (of).
    • 2000–2006: Quantum Mechanics, Abarim Publications http://www.abarim-publications.com/JessicaRabbitExplains.html
      ‘When we say 2 we mean exactly 2, not 2,00001 or 2,0000000000000001 or 2 with a novemdecillion zeroes and then a 1...’.

Forms of novendecillion

pluralnovendecillions

Origin of novendecillion

From Latin novendec(im) (“nineteen”) + -illion.

Questions about novendecillion

What is novendecillion the alternative form of?
Novendecillion is the alternative form of novemdecillion.

Words near novendecillion in the dictionary

  1. novena
  2. novenae
  3. novenaries
  4. novenary
  5. novenas
  6. novendecillion
  7. novendecillions
  8. novendial
  9. novendials
  10. novene
  11. novennia

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