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单词 octillion
释义

octillion

noun

oc·​til·​lion äk-ˈtil-yən How to pronounce octillion (audio)
US : a number equal to 1 followed by 27 zeros see Table of Numbers
also, British : a number equal to 1 followed by 48 zeros see Table of Numbers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The average human adult is comprised of approximately 7,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (7 octillion) atoms. Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2022 The odds of the suspect not being Blankenship, according to this match, is 1 in 3 octillion. Kevin Grasha, Cincinnati.com, 11 Feb. 2020 To put that in perspective, an octillion is a one with 27 zeros after it. Jared Gilmour, miamiherald, 27 June 2018 The researchers used this tiny deflection to calculate that the mass of Stein 2051B is about 68 percent the mass of our sun — or 1.4 octillion tons (that's 14 followed by 26 zeros). Sarah Kaplan, Washington Post, 13 June 2017

Word History

Etymology

French, from Middle French, from oct- octa- + -illion (as in million)

First Known Use

1690, in the meaning defined above

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