sexdecillion

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/ˌsɛksdəˈsɪl.i.ən/

Definition of sexdecillion

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(US, rare)10⁵¹.

“The names of the periods above trillion are as follows...18th, sexdecillion...”
“1994, The Arithmetic Teacher, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics The answer is read as: 13 sexdecillion, 253 quindecillion, 796 quattuordecillion, 742 tredecillion....”
“After the episode, which had several other startling “coincidences,” I computed the number of chances of it happening again as one in Six Septendecillion, Seven Hundred and Fifty Sexdecillion, with all circumstances the same.”

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num

(US, rare)10⁵¹.

“The names of the periods above trillion are as follows...18th, sexdecillion...”
“1994, The Arithmetic Teacher, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics The answer is read as: 13 sexdecillion, 253 quindecillion, 796 quattuordecillion, 742 tredecillion....”
“After the episode, which had several other startling “coincidences,” I computed the number of chances of it happening again as one in Six Septendecillion, Seven Hundred and Fifty Sexdecillion, with all circumstances the same.”
(dated, rare)10⁹⁶.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

From Latin sēdec(im), sexdec(im) (“sixteen”) + English -illion. By surface analysis, sex- (“six”) + decillion.

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