Octillion

[ɔk'tiljәn]

Definition

(noun.) the number that is represented as a one followed by 27 zeros.

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Definition

(n.) According to the French method of numeration (which method is followed also in the United States) the number expressed by a unit with twenty-seven ciphers annexed. According to the English method, the number expressed by a unit with forty-eight ciphers annexed. See Numeration.

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Definition

n. the number produced by raising a million to the eighth power expressed by a unit with forty-eight ciphers: in France and the United States one thousand raised to the ninth power expressed by a unit with twenty-seven ciphers.

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