OCTILLION


Meaning of OCTILLION in English

— octillionth , n. , adj.

/ok til"yeuhn/ , n. , pl. octillions , ( as after a numeral ) octillion , adj.

n.

1. a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 27 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 48 zeros.

adj.

2. amounting to one octillion in number.

[ 1680-90; oct- OCT- + -illion, as in million ]

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