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decillion en · NUM

Pronunciation

  • /dəˈsɪl.i.ən/
  • (Southern-England) audio

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.

Meanings

  1. (US, qualifier:modern British & Australian; short scale; modern British & Australian; short scale) 10³³.
    • Google has racked up some 2 undecillion rubles ($2.5 decillion) worth of fines in Russia after years of refusing to restore the accounts of pro-Kremlin and state-run media outlets, the RBC news website reported Tuesday, citing an anonymous source familiar with court rulings against the tech company. 2024 October 29, “Russia Fines Google $2.5 Decillion Over YouTube Bans – RBC”, in The Moscow Times:
  2. (qualifier:dated British & Australian; long scale; dated British & Australian; long scale) 10⁶⁰.

Forms

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Deriveds

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

Relateds

Previous: nonillion. Next: undecillion. (short and long scale)

Synonyms

1060 (a short scale novemdecillion) · 1033 (a (long scale) quintilliard)

Translations (23)

es decillón (10<sup>33</sup>) · is kvintilljarður (10<sup>33</sup>) · de Quinquilliarde (10<sup>33</sup>) · fi kvintiljardi (10<sup>33</sup>) · de Quintilliarde (10<sup>33</sup>) · es decillón (1060 — see also novemdecillion) · hu kvintilliárd (10<sup>33</sup>) · eo kviniliardo (10<sup>33</sup>) · ja 十溝 (10<sup>33</sup>) · fi tuhat kvintiljoonaa (10<sup>33</sup>) · it decilione (1060 — see also novemdecillion) · de Dezillion (1060 — see also novemdecillion) · es mil quintillones (10<sup>33</sup>) · pl kwintyliard (10<sup>33</sup>) · fi dekiljoona (1060 — see also novemdecillion) · pl decylion (10<sup>33</sup>) · hy հազար հնգիլիոն (10<sup>33</sup>) · ru дециллион (10<sup>33</sup>) · it decilione (10<sup>33</sup>) · cy dengiliwn (10<sup>33</sup>) · pl decylion (1060 — see also novemdecillion) · eo dekiliono (1060 — see also novemdecillion) · ms desilion (10<sup>33</sup>)

wikipedia: Johann Sturm