octillion

oc·til·lion  (k-tlyn)

n.

1. The cardinal number equal to 10²⁷.

2. Chiefly British The cardinal number equal to 10⁴⁸.

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[oct(o)- + (m)illion.]

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oc·tillion adj.

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octillion [ɒkˈtɪljən]

n

1. (Mathematics) (in Britain and Germany) the number represented as one followed by 48 zeros (10⁴⁸)

2. (Mathematics) (in the US, Canada, and France) the number represented as one followed by 27 zeros (10²⁷)

[from French, on the model of million]

octillionth  adj

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Noun

1.

octillion - the number that is represented as a one followed by 27 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