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Definitions for sextillion
sɛksˈtɪl yənsex·til·lion
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Princeton's WordNet
sextillionnoun
the number that is represented as a one followed by 21 zeros
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Sextillion
Two naming scales for large numbers have been used in English and other European languages since the early modern era: the long and short scales. Most English variants use the short scale today, but the long scale remains dominant in many non-English-speaking areas, including continental Europe and Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America. These naming procedures are based on taking the number n occurring in 103n+3 (short scale) or 106n (long scale) and concatenating Latin roots for its units, tens, and hundreds place, together with the suffix -illion. Names of numbers above a trillion are rarely used in practice; such large numbers have practical usage primarily in the scientific domain, where powers of ten are expressed as 10 with a numeric superscript. Indian English does not use millions, but has its own system of large numbers including lakhs and crores. English also has many words, such as "zillion", used informally to mean large but unspecified amounts; see indefinite and fictitious numbers.
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A sextillion is a numerical value represented as 1 followed by 21 zeros in the American system, and 1 followed by 36 zeros in the European or British system. It is often used in the context of mathematics or finance to quantify incredibly large numbers.
Webster Dictionary
Sextillionnoun
according to the method of numeration (which is followed also in the United States), the number expressed by a unit with twenty-one ciphers annexed. According to the English method, a million raised to the sixth power, or the number expressed by a unit with thirty-six ciphers annexed. See Numeration
Etymology: [Formed (in imitation of million) fr. L. sextus sixth, sex six: cf. F. sextilion.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Sextillion
seks-til′yun, n. a million raised to the sixth power, expressed by a unit with 36 ciphers attached: 1000 raised to the seventh power.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sextillion in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sextillion in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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