User Contributed Dictionary
see Sextillion
Etymology
From the prefix sext- (six) + -illion (from million); ie the sixth power of a million, 1036.Pronunciation
- Rhymes with: -ɪljən
Cardinal number
sextillion- (US; modern British & Australian, short scale) A trillion billion: 1 followed by 21 zeros, 1021.
- (dated British & Australian, long scale) A million quintillion: 1 followed by 36 zeros, 1036.
- Western (Arabic) Numeral sextillion, 1021 short
scale, 1036 long
scale
- Previous: quintillion: short scale 1018, long scale 1030
- Next: septillion: short scale 1024, long scale 1042
Synonyms
- 1036: a short scale undecillion
Translations
a trillion billion, 1021
- Dutch: triljard
- German: Trilliarde
- Japanese: 十垓
- Russian: секстиллион
a million quintillion, 1036
- Dutch: sextiljoen
- German: Sextillion
- Japanese: 一澗
Translations to be checked
- ttbc Estonian: sekstiljon
- ttbc Latin: sextillio
Extensive Definition
Names of numbers larger than a quadrillion are
almost never used, for reasons discussed further below. It is
debatable which of them should be considered real working English
vocabulary and which are merely trivia, curiosities, or coinages.
The following table lists those names of numbers which are found in
many English dictionaries and thus have a special claim to being
"real words". The "Traditional British" values shown are unused in
American English and are largely obsolete in British English, but
are dominant in many non-English-speaking areas, including continental
Europe and Spanish-speaking
countries in Latin
America; see Long
and short scales.
The "standard dictionary numbers"
Other large numbers used in mathematics and physics
See also
External links
- Large Numbers article by Robert Munafo
- How high can you count? by Landon Curt Noll.
- Full list of large number names list sorted by 10n and by word length
- Big numbers Educational site, which can name any numbers put into it (up to centillion)
- Name of numbers - tool for convert number to text
References
sextillion in Arabic: مسميات الأعداد
الضخمة
sextillion in Danish: Navne på store tal
sextillion in Korean: 큰 수
sextillion in Latin: nomina permagnorum
numerorum
sextillion in Dutch: Lijst van grote
getallen
sextillion in Polish: Nazwy dużych liczb
sextillion in Russian: Системы наименования
чисел
sextillion in Simple English: Octillion
sextillion in Slovenian: imena velikih
števil
sextillion in Finnish: Suurten lukujen
nimet
sextillion in Swedish: Lista över räkneord
sextillion in Chinese:
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