sextillion en · NUM
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Classical Latin sextus (“sixth”) + -illion; originally the sixth power of a million, 10³⁶. Compare slightly earlier quintillion, Middle French sixlion (1484) and French sextillion (1765). First attested in 1689 in John Locke’s An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (see the quotation).
Meanings
- (Australia, UK, US, qualifier:short scale) A trillion billion: 1 followed by 21 zeros, 10²¹.
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(Australia, UK, dated, qualifier:long scale) A million quintillion: 1 followed by 36 zeros, 10³⁶.
[W]e take now to name them by Millions of Millions of Millions, it is hard to go beyond eighteen, or at moſt four and twenty decimal Progreſſions, without confuſion. But to ſhew how much diſtinct Names conduce to our well reckoning, or having uſeful Ideas of Numbers, let us ſet all these following Figures in one continued Line, as the Marks of one Number: v. g. Nonilions. 857324. Octilions. 162486. Septilions. 345896. Sextilions. 437916. Quintilions. 423147. Quatrilions. 248106. Trilions. 235421. Bilions. 261734. Milions. 368149. Vnites. 623137.
1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], “Of Number”, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC, book II, § 6, page 99:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sextillions | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
billion · trillion · thousand million · million · quadrillion · milliard · thousand · quintillion
Deriveds
sextillionth · sextillionfold · sextillionaire
Relateds
Previous: quintillion. Next: septillion. (short and long scale) · zetta-
Synonyms
1036 (a short scale undecillion) · 1021 (a long scale thousand trillion (trilliard))
Translations (28)
ko 십해 (a trillion billion, 1021 — see also trilliard) · fr sextillion (a million quintillion, 1036 — see also undecillion) · ml ധൂളി (a trillion billion, 1021 — see also trilliard) · ru секстиллио́н (a trillion billion, 1021 — see also trilliard) · fi sekstiljoona (a million quintillion, 1036 — see also undecillion) · is trilljarður (a trillion billion, 1021 — see also trilliard) · pl tryliard (a trillion billion, 1021 — see also trilliard) · de Sextillion (a million quintillion, 1036 — see also undecillion) · it triliardo (a trillion billion, 1021 — see also trilliard) · ms sekstilion (a trillion billion, 1021 — see also trilliard) · ja 一澗 (a million quintillion, 1036 — see also undecillion) · tr sekstilyon (a trillion billion, 1021 — see also trilliard) · nl sextiljoen (a million quintillion, 1036 — see also undecillion) · hu trilliárd (a trillion billion, 1021 — see also trilliard) · de Trilliarde (a trillion billion, 1021 — see also trilliard) · es sextillón (a trillion billion, 1021 — see also trilliard) · es sextillón (a million quintillion, 1036 — see also undecillion) · fi triljardi (a trillion billion, 1021 — see also trilliard) · nl triljard (a trillion billion, 1021 — see also trilliard) · fr trilliard (a trillion billion, 1021 — see also trilliard) · eo triiliardo (a trillion billion, 1021 — see also trilliard) · pt sextilhão (a trillion billion, 1021 — see also trilliard) · es mil trillones (a trillion billion, 1021 — see also trilliard) · ja 十垓 (a trillion billion, 1021 — see also trilliard) · cy secstiliwn (a trillion billion, 1021 — see also trilliard) · eo sesiliono (a million quintillion, 1036 — see also undecillion) · hy հազար եռիլիոն (a trillion billion, 1021 — see also trilliard) · fr frantic (a million quintillion, 1036 — see also undecillion)
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