单词 | duodecillion |
释义 | duodecillion in British English (ˌdjuːəʊdɪˈsɪljən) noun a name for a number also known as sextilliard and equivalent to 10 to the power 39 in the short scale numerical system duodecillion in American Englishas after a numeral (ˌduːoudɪˈsɪljən, ˌdjuː-) (noun plural -lions or -lion) noun 1. a cardinal number represented by 1 followed by 39 zeros, or (esp in older British usage) by 1 followed by 72 zeros adjective 2. amounting to one duodecillion in number Derived forms duodecillionth noun or adjective Word origin [1910–15; ‹ L duodec(im) twelve + -illion, as in million]This word is first recorded in the period 1910–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: carbon cycle, cat and mouse, functionalism, insulin, spotlight |
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