decillion

From dec- (“ten”) +‎ -illion. First attested in 1709 in a translation of Johann Sturm’s Mathesis juvenilis by George Vaux, translating Latin mille myriades octavorum numerorum.^[1]

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• IPA^(key): /dəˈsɪl.i.ən/
• Rhymes: -ɪljən

decillion (plural decillions)

1. (US; modern British & Australian, short scale) 10³³.
   • 2024 October 29, “Russia Fines Google $2.5 Decillion Over YouTube Bans – RBC”, in The Moscow Times‎^[1]:

     Google has racked up some 2 undecillion rubles ($2.5 decillion) worth of fines in Russia after years of refusing to restore the accounts of pro-Kremlin and state-run media outlets, the RBC news website reported Tuesday, citing an anonymous source familiar with court rulings against the tech company.

2. (dated British & Australian, long scale) 10⁶⁰.

• (10³³): a (long scale) quintilliard
• (10⁶⁰): a short scale novemdecillion

• (short and long scale) Previous: nonillion. Next: undecillion.

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