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vigintillion

/vɪdʒɪnˈtɪljən/

vigintillion numeral: originally, in accordance with the long scale, the twentieth power of a million, 10¹²⁰; now (originally US), in accordance with the short scale, more usually 10⁶³.

Numeral

vigintillion (plural vigintillions)

  1. Originally, in accordance with the long scale, the twentieth power of a million, 10¹²⁰; now (originally US), in accordance with the short scale, more usually 10⁶³.
    • After vigintillions of years great Cthulhu was loose again, and ravening for delight.1928 February, H[oward] P[hillips] Lovecraft, “The Call of Cthulhu”, in Farnsworth Wright, editor, Weird Tales: A Magazine of the Bizarre and Unusual, volume XI, number 2, Indianapolis, Ind.: Popular...

vigintillion meaning in Malay

vigintillion in Malay

1063
vigintilion

Forms of vigintillion

pluralvigintillions

Origin of vigintillion

From viginti- + -illion.

Words formed from vigintillion

Words that rhyme with vigintillion

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Questions about vigintillion

What does vigintillion mean?
Vigintillion means originally, in accordance with the long scale, the twentieth power of a million, 10¹²⁰; now (originally US), in accordance with the short scale, more usually 10⁶³.
What is vigintillion in Malay?
Vigintillion in Malay is vigintilion. See Vigintillion meaning in Malay.
What part of speech is vigintillion?
Vigintillion is a numeral.
How do you pronounce vigintillion?
Vigintillion is pronounced /vɪdʒɪnˈtɪljən/ (UK).

Words near vigintillion in the dictionary

  1. vigily
  2. vigintennial
  3. viginti-
  4. vigintile
  5. vigintiles
  6. vigintillion
  7. vigintillions
  8. vigintillionth
  9. vigintillionths
  10. vigintisexvir
  11. vigintisexvirate

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