nonillionn.adj.

Brit.

/nɒˈnɪljən/, U.S.

/nɑˈnɪlj(ə)n/

Forms: 1600s 1800s– nonillion, 1700s nonilion.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French nonillion.

Etymology: < French nonillion the cardinal number equal to the ninth power of a million (1484 in Middle French as nonyllion ; now rare) < classical Latin nōnus ninth (see nona- comb. form) + French -illion (in million million n.).

A. n.

Originally (esp. in Britain): the cardinal number equal to the ninth power of a million (10⁵⁴). Now (originally U.S.): the cardinal number equal to the tenth power of a thousand (10³⁰).For the variation in meaning see billion n. and the etymology there.Apparently misunderstood in quot. 1828 (contrast quot. 1854); the dictionary there quoted has billion and trillion, defined as 10¹² and 10¹⁸ respectively, but no entries for any higher power of ten (quadrillion, etc.) lower than nonillion.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > hundred and over > [noun] > powers of a million

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googol1940

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squillion1943

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xvi. 99 But to shew how much distinct Names conduce to our well reckoning..let us set all these following Figures in one continued Line..: Nonilions. Octilions... Trilions. Bilions. Milions. Vnites. 857324. 162486... 235421. 261734. 368149. 623137. The ordinary way of naming this Number in English, will be the often repeating of Millions, of Millions, of Millions [etc.].

1729 I. Greenwood Arithmetic 4 Millions, Bilions, Trilions, Quatrilions, Quintrilions, Sextilions, Septilions, Octilions, Nonilions.

1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Nonillion, the number of nine million millions.

a1835 J. Macculloch Proofs & Illustr. Attributes God (1837) II. xxxix. 476 Words effect less than figures; especially in the higher numbers. A Nonillion is scarcely more than a million, to our conceptions.

1842 T. Dick Christian Philosopher App. 619 To some readers..a thousand trillions would convey nearly the same idea as a thousand nonillions, though the one number contains 58 places of figures, and the other only 22.

1854 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Nonillion, according to the English notation, the number produced by involving a million to the ninth power; a unit with 54 ciphers annexed. According to the French notation, a unit with 30 ciphers annexed.

1880 Appletons' Jrnl. Oct. 382/1 Let us divide our one nonillion by these sixty-three trillions.

1899 Harper's Mag. Mar. 552/1 We ought to go round begging people to think twice, to count a hundred, or a nonillion, before they fall in love to the marrying-point.

1923 Science 7 Sept. 172/1 The weight of the universe, in grams, would be 1 followed by fifty-four ciphers—which would carry us into nonillions of grams.

1956 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 64 533/2 Money income would have been $37,053 septillion pengös—a return of 3.5 nonillion per cent!

2000 Christian Sci. Monitor 18 Apr. (Home Forum section) 18 A nonillion is a one with 30 zeroes after it.

B. adj.

Numbering a nonillion; (hyperbolically) a very great many, countless.

ΚΠ

1881 Science 23 July 351/1 It contained 4 nonillion pounds of gas.

1949 Amer. Econ. Rev. 39 960 The commodity value of 1 pengő in 1938 was about equal to that of 1.4 nonillion (10³⁰) depreciated pengős in July, 1946.

1958 I. Layton in R. Brown & D. Bennett Anthol. Canad. Lit. in Eng. (1982) I. 575 Feast on torn flowers, deride The nonillion bushes by the road (Their patience is very great.)

a1962 E. E. Cummings Compl. Poems (1994) 728 Should some improbably unworld crash to 1 nonillion (& so) nothings each (let's kiss) means home.

2000 Christian Sci. Monitor 18 Apr. (Home Forum section) 18 A nonillion duckweed plants would equal the size of the earth.

Derivatives

noˈnillionth n. rare the ordinal number corresponding to a nonillion.

ΚΠ

1850 C. J. Hempel New Homœopathic Pharmacopœia (new ed.) i. 37 Nonillionths.

1880 Appletons' Jrnl. Oct. 382/1 A drop from the thirtieth phial would be equivalent to one nonillionth of the original drug.

1996 Govt. Computer News 1 Apr. 21 The mass of an electron (9.1093897 ten-nonillionths of a kilogram).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nonillion
释义	nonillionn.adj. Brit. /nɒˈnɪljən/, U.S. /nɑˈnɪlj(ə)n/ Forms: 1600s 1800s– nonillion, 1700s nonilion. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French nonillion. Etymology: < French nonillion the cardinal number equal to the ninth power of a million (1484 in Middle French as nonyllion ; now rare) < classical Latin nōnus ninth (see nona- comb. form) + French -illion (in million million n.). A. n. Originally (esp. in Britain): the cardinal number equal to the ninth power of a million (10⁵⁴). Now (originally U.S.): the cardinal number equal to the tenth power of a thousand (10³⁰).For the variation in meaning see billion n. and the etymology there.Apparently misunderstood in quot. 1828 (contrast quot. 1854); the dictionary there quoted has billion and trillion, defined as 10¹² and 10¹⁸ respectively, but no entries for any higher power of ten (quadrillion, etc.) lower than nonillion. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > hundred and over > [noun] > powers of a million quadrilliona1690 quintilliona1690 trilliona1690 nonillion1690 octillion1690 septillion1690 sextillion1690 trimillion1707 decillion1709 centillion1754 sexillion1758 vigintillion1928 googol1940 googolplex1940 squillion1943 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xvi. 99 But to shew how much distinct Names conduce to our well reckoning..let us set all these following Figures in one continued Line..: Nonilions. Octilions... Trilions. Bilions. Milions. Vnites. 857324. 162486... 235421. 261734. 368149. 623137. The ordinary way of naming this Number in English, will be the often repeating of Millions, of Millions, of Millions [etc.]. 1729 I. Greenwood Arithmetic 4 Millions, Bilions, Trilions, Quatrilions, Quintrilions, Sextilions, Septilions, Octilions, Nonilions. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Nonillion, the number of nine million millions. a1835 J. Macculloch Proofs & Illustr. Attributes God (1837) II. xxxix. 476 Words effect less than figures; especially in the higher numbers. A Nonillion is scarcely more than a million, to our conceptions. 1842 T. Dick Christian Philosopher App. 619 To some readers..a thousand trillions would convey nearly the same idea as a thousand nonillions, though the one number contains 58 places of figures, and the other only 22. 1854 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Nonillion, according to the English notation, the number produced by involving a million to the ninth power; a unit with 54 ciphers annexed. According to the French notation, a unit with 30 ciphers annexed. 1880 Appletons' Jrnl. Oct. 382/1 Let us divide our one nonillion by these sixty-three trillions. 1899 Harper's Mag. Mar. 552/1 We ought to go round begging people to think twice, to count a hundred, or a nonillion, before they fall in love to the marrying-point. 1923 Science 7 Sept. 172/1 The weight of the universe, in grams, would be 1 followed by fifty-four ciphers—which would carry us into nonillions of grams. 1956 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 64 533/2 Money income would have been $37,053 septillion pengös—a return of 3.5 nonillion per cent! 2000 Christian Sci. Monitor 18 Apr. (Home Forum section) 18 A nonillion is a one with 30 zeroes after it. B. adj. Numbering a nonillion; (hyperbolically) a very great many, countless. ΚΠ 1881 Science 23 July 351/1 It contained 4 nonillion pounds of gas. 1949 Amer. Econ. Rev. 39 960 The commodity value of 1 pengő in 1938 was about equal to that of 1.4 nonillion (10³⁰) depreciated pengős in July, 1946. 1958 I. Layton in R. Brown & D. Bennett Anthol. Canad. Lit. in Eng. (1982) I. 575 Feast on torn flowers, deride The nonillion bushes by the road (Their patience is very great.) a1962 E. E. Cummings Compl. Poems (1994) 728 Should some improbably unworld crash to 1 nonillion (& so) nothings each (let's kiss) means home. 2000 Christian Sci. Monitor 18 Apr. (Home Forum section) 18 A nonillion duckweed plants would equal the size of the earth. Derivatives noˈnillionth n. rare the ordinal number corresponding to a nonillion. ΚΠ 1850 C. J. Hempel New Homœopathic Pharmacopœia (new ed.) i. 37 Nonillionths. 1880 Appletons' Jrnl. Oct. 382/1 A drop from the thirtieth phial would be equivalent to one nonillionth of the original drug. 1996 Govt. Computer News 1 Apr. 21 The mass of an electron (9.1093897 ten-nonillionths of a kilogram). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1690
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