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sextillion
[ seks-til-yuhn ]
noun
- a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 21 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 36 zeros.
adjective
- amounting to one sextillion in number.
sextillion
/ ɛˈɪə /
noun
- (in Britain, France, and Germany) the number represented as one followed by 36 zeros (10 36)
- (in the US and Canada) the number represented as one followed by 21 zeros (10 21)
Derived Forms
- ˈپDzԳٳ, adjectivenoun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·پlDzԳٳ adjective noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of sextillion1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of sextillion1
Example Sentences
Put together, the oceans have taken in a whopping 228 sextillion Joules' worth of heat, the scientists concluded.
About ten sextillion molecules of atmosphere are now squeezing their way through the intricate tree of bronchi and bronchioles forming your lungs.
Your lungs will inhale and exhale about 300 sextillion oxygen molecules.
How soon will we become Zimbabwe, which printed so many Zimbabwean dollars that inflation peaked, in 2008, at an annual rate of ninety sextillion per cent?
Bacteria are everywhere: in our bodies, in the air, in the soil, coating every surface in their sextillions.
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