单词 | sextillionth |
释义 | sextillionthadj.n. A. adj. That is one of the sextillion equal parts into which something may be divided; forming the last of a series of a sextillion. rare. ΚΠ 1833 Athenaeum 28 Sept. 646/1 A drop of lemon juice in the sextillionth degree of attenuation. 1852 E. E. Marcy Homoeopathy & Allopathy ii. 26 Only a millionth, or even a sextillionth part of a grain. 2002 Hahnemann's Materia Medica II. 1448 The solution..is further diluted in pure alcohol to the billionth (II.). quadrillionth (IV.)., sextillionth (VI), octillionth (VIII), and decillionth (X) degree. B. n. Any of the sextillion equal parts into which something may be divided. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > hundred and over > [noun] > division of power of a million centillionth1815 decillionth1830 octillionth1842 sextillionth1842 trillionth1848 quadrillionth1883 1842 J. Kitchen tr. G. H. G. Jahr New Homœopathic Pharmacopœia i. iii. 50 Sextillionths [Fr.Sextillionèmes]. 1962 Amer. Jrnl. Cardiol. 9 8/2 In some of Hahnemann's prescriptions, the dilutions as high as one-sextillionth, one followed by twenty-one zeros.., we have the true reductio ad absurdum of littleness. 2004 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 26 Feb. 24 In nuclear physics, the natural timescale is several orders of magnitude faster, in the realm of zeptoseconds or sextillionths of a second. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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