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sedecillion

sedecillion is the alternative form of sexdecillion.

Meaning of sexdecillion

Numeral

sexdecillion (plural sexdecillions)

  1. (US, rare, modern British & Australian, short scale) 10⁵¹.
    • The names of the periods above trillion are as follows...18th, sexdecillion...1896, Frank H. Hall, The Werner Arithmetic, Oral and Written, Book Two, Parts I and II
  2. (dated, rare, British & Australian, long scale) 10⁹⁶.
    Synonyms:
    1096

Forms of sedecillion

pluralsedecillions

Origin of sedecillion

From Latin sēdec(im) + -illion.

Questions about sedecillion

What is sedecillion the alternative form of?
Sedecillion is the alternative form of sexdecillion.

Words near sedecillion in the dictionary

  1. Seddonism
  2. Seddons
  3. sede
  4. sede vacante
  5. sedecamycin
  6. sedecillion
  7. sedecillions
  8. sedecimal
  9. sedecimarticulate
  10. sedecuple
  11. Sedelsberg

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