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vigintillion en · NUM

Pronunciation

  • /vɪdʒɪnˈtɪljən/ (UK)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From viginti- + -illion.

Meanings

  1. Originally, in accordance with the long scale, the twentieth power of a million, 10¹²⁰; now (originally US), in accordance with the short scale, more usually 10⁶³.
    • After vigintillions of years great Cthulhu was loose again, and ravening for delight. 1928 February, H[oward] P[hillips] Lovecraft, “The Call of Cthulhu”, in Farnsworth Wright, editor, Weird Tales: A Magazine of the Bizarre and Unusual, volume XI, number 2, Indianapolis, Ind.: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, →OCLC:

Forms

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vigintillions Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

trevigintillion · septenvigintillion · quattuorvigintillion · sexvigintillion · unvigintillion · novemvigintillion · octovigintillion · vigintillionth · quinvigintillion · duovigintillion

Relateds

long scale 10126 · Previous: novemdecillion: short scale 1060 · Next: unvigintillion: short scale 1066 · long scale 10114

Translations (14)

eo dekiliardo (1063) · ru вигинтиллио́н (1063) · mn үлэшгүй (1063) · fr décilliard (1063) · hu decilliárd (1063) · de Dezilliarde (1063) · fi vigintiljoona (10120) · pl wigintylion (10120) · ja 千那由他 (1063) · fi tuhat dekiljoonaa (1063) · ms vigintilion (1063) · it deciliardo (1063) · pl wigintylion (1063) · de Vigintillion (10120)