vigintillion

vigintillion

See also: Vigintillion

English

Etymology

From viginti- +‎ (mi)llion.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /vɪdʒɪnˈtɪljən/

  Rhymes: -ɪljən

Numeral

vigintillion (plural vigintillions)

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.
   • 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 11, number 2, Indianapolis, Ind.: Popular Fiction Pub. Co., OCLC 55045234, pages 159–178 and 287:

     After vigintillions of years great Cthulhu was loose again, and ravening for delight.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:vigintillion.

Derived terms

• duovigintillion
• novemvigintillion
• octovigintillion
• quattuorvigintillion
• quinvigintillion
• septenvigintillion
• sexvigintillion
• trevigintillion
• unvigintillion

 

Translations

10⁶³

Esperanto: dekiliardo German: Dezilliarde f Hungarian: decilliárd Italian: deciliardo Mongolian: үлэшгүй (mn) (ülešgüj) Japanese: 千那由他 (せんなゆた, sennayuta) Malay: vigintilion

10¹²⁰

German: Vigintillion f

See also

• Previous: novemdecillion: short scale 10⁶⁰, long scale 10¹¹⁴
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