SEXTILLION


Meaning of SEXTILLION in English

— sextillionth , adj. , n.

/seks til"yeuhn/ , n. , pl. sextillions , ( as after a numeral ) sextillion , adj.

n.

1. a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 21 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 36 zeros.

adj.

2. amounting to one sextillion in number.

[ 1680-90; sext ( us ) SIXTH + -illion, as in MILLION ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .