septendecillion

English

Etymology

From Latin septendec(im) (“seventeen”) +‎ -illion;[1] compare tredecillion, quattuordecillion, etc. By surface analysis, septen- +‎ decillion.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌsɛptəndəˈsɪl.i.ən/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
    Rhymes: -ɪljən

Numeral

septendecillion (plural septendecillions) (rare)

  1. (US, modern British and Australia, short scale) 1054.
    • 2003, Bits and Bytes - New voting system demystified:
      STV by the Numbers: [...] 3000^16 (roughly 43 septendecillion) : number of possible voting permutations if 3,000 students vote (Single Transferable Voting is pretty complicated!).
    • 2003, Magic Dragon Multimedia, Timeline Cosmic Future:
      One Septendecillion Years From Now [...] The total mass of the universe [will be] somewhere between 200 and 500 septendecillion grams.
    • 1896, Frank H. Hall, The Werner Arithmetic, Oral and Written, Book Two, Parts I and II:
      The names of the periods above trillion are as follows [...] 19th, septendecillion [...]
  2. (dated British and Australia, long scale) 10102.

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References

  1. ^ “septendecillion, n.”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
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