septillion
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sep·til·lion
(sĕp-tĭl′yən)n.
1. The cardinal number equal to 1024.
2. Chiefly British The cardinal number equal to 1042.
[French : Latin septem, seven; see septet + French -illion (as in million, million, from Old French milion; see million).]
sep·til′lion adj.
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septillion
(sɛpˈtɪljən)n, pl -lions or -lion
1. (Mathematics) (in Britain, France, and Germany) the number represented as one followed by 42 zeros (1042)
2. (Mathematics) (in the US and Canada) the number represented as one followed by 24 zeros (1024). Brit word: quadrillion
[C17: from French, from sept seven + -illion, on the model of million]
sepˈtillionth adj, n
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sep•til•lion
(sɛpˈtɪl yən)n., pl. -lions, (as after a numeral) -lion, n.
1. a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 24 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 42 zeros.
adj. 2. amounting to one septillion in number.
sep•til′lionth, n., adj.
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Noun 1. septillion - the number that is represented as a one followed by 24 zeros
France, French Republic - a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
large integer - an integer equal to or greater than ten
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quadrilió
QuadrillionSeptillion
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