sextillion
/sɛksˈtɪljən/
sextillion numeral: a trillion billion: 1 followed by 21 zeros, 10²¹.
Numeral
sextillion (plural sextillions)
- A trillion billion: 1 followed by 21 zeros, 10²¹.
- Synonyms:
- 1021
- A million quintillion: 1 followed by 36 zeros, 10³⁶.
- [W]e take now to name them by Millions of Millions of Millions, it is hard to go beyond eighteen, or at moſt four and twenty decimal Progreſſions, without confuſion. But to ſhew how much diſtinct Names conduce to our well reckoning, or having uſeful Ideas of Numbers, let us ſet all these following...1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], “Of Number”, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC, book II, § 6, page 99
sextillion meaning in Malayalam and Malay
sextillion in Malayalam
- a trillion billion, 1021 — see also trilliard
- ധൂളി dhūḷi
sextillion in Malay
- a trillion billion, 1021 — see also trilliard
- sekstilion
Synonyms of sextillion
- 1021
- 1036
Forms of sextillion
| plural | sextillions |
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Origin of sextillion
From Classical Latin sextus (“sixth”) + -illion; originally the sixth power of a million, 10³⁶. Compare slightly earlier quintillion, Middle French sixlion (1484) and French sextillion (1765). First attested in 1689 in John Locke’s An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (see the quotation).
Words formed from sextillion
Words that rhyme with sextillion
- pavilion
- vermilion
- pillion
- billion
- novemdecillion
- quintillion
- trillion
- Brazilian
- Castilian
- centillion
- decillion
- duodecillion
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- duovigintillion
- million
- nonillion
- octillion
- octodecillion
- quadrillion
- quattuordecillion
- quattuorvigintillion
- quindecillion
- septendecillion
- septillion
- sexdecillion
- tredecillion
- trevigintillion
- trigintillion
- undecillion
- unvigintillion
- duotrigintillion
- gazillion
- gillian
- gillion
- godzillion
- gorillion
- Jillian
- jillion
- Kabylian
- Luxulyan
- mandilion
- mandylion
- Maximilian
- millillion
- millinillion
- novemtrigintillion
- novemvigintillion
- octogintillion
- octotrigintillion
- octovigintillion
- quadragintillion
- quattuortrigintillion
- quinquagintillion
- quinvigintillion
- septentrigintillion
- septenvigintillion
- sextrigintillion
- sexvigintillion
- squillion
- untrigintillion
- vigintillion
Questions about sextillion
- What does sextillion mean?
- Sextillion means a trillion billion: 1 followed by 21 zeros, 10²¹.
- What is sextillion in Malayalam?
- Sextillion in Malayalam is ധൂളി (dhūḷi). See Sextillion meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is sextillion?
- Sextillion is a numeral.
- How do you pronounce sextillion?
- Sextillion is pronounced /sɛksˈtɪljən/.
Words near sextillion in the dictionary
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