English Explanatory Dictionary

decillion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

num
  1. 10³³.
  2. 10⁶⁰.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-decillion.wav /dəˈsɪl.i.ən/

Word forms

decillion decillions

Etymology

From dec- (“ten”) + -illion. First attested in 1709 in a translation of Johann Sturm’s Mathesis juvenilis by George Vaux, translating Latin mille myriades octavorum numerorum.

Synonyms

1033 1060

Related words

Previous: nonillion. Next: undecillion.

Derived words

decillionaire decillionfold decillionth duodecillion novemdecillion octodecillion quattuordecillion quindecillion septendecillion sexdecillion tredecillion undecillion
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