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tredecillion en · NUM

Etymology

From Latin trēdec(im) (“thirteen”) + -illion. By surface analysis, tre- + decillion.

Meanings

1. (US, qualifier:modern British & Australian; short scale; modern British & Australian; short scale, rare) 10⁴².
   • The names of the periods above trillion are as follows [...] 15th, tredecillion [...] 1896, Frank H. Hall, The Werner Arithmetic, Oral and Written, Book Two, Parts I and II:
   • 3 quindecillion, 657 quattuordecillion, 262 tredecillion; which is to say the figures 3,657,262 followed by 42 ciphers. Operators of the key punch machines transfer a code symbol from the Census [...]. 1946, United States Department of Commerce, The United States Department of Commerce: How it serves you on land and sea and in the air:
   • The answer is read as: 13 sexdecillion, 253 quindecillion, 796 quattuordecillion, 742 tredecillion, …. 1994, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, The Arithmetic Teacher, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (1994)
2. (Australia, UK, dated, qualifier:long scale, rare) 10⁷⁸.

Forms

Relateds

Previous: duodecillion. Next: quattuordecillion. (short and long scale)

Synonyms

1042 (a long scale septillion) · 1078 (a short scale quinvigintillion)

Translations (14)

pl septylion (1042 — see also septillion) · fi septiljoona (1042 — see also septillion) · ja 百正 (1042 — see also septillion) · ru квинвигинтиллион (1078 — see also quinvigintillion) · eo sepiliono (1042 — see also septillion) · hu szeptillió (1042 — see also septillion) · fr trédécillion (1078 — see also quinvigintillion) · de Septillion (1042 — see also septillion) · ms tredesilion (1042 — see also septillion) · de Tredezillion (1078 — see also quinvigintillion) · ru тредециллион (1042 — see also septillion) · nl tredeciljoen (1078 — see also quinvigintillion) · fi tredekiljoona (1078 — see also quinvigintillion) · pl pięć wigintylionów (1078 — see also quinvigintillion)