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nonillion|nɒˈnɪljən|
[a. F. nonillion (16th c.), f. L. nōn-us ninth, after million.]
The ninth power of a million, denoted by 1 followed by 54 cyphers. In American use, an octillion multiplied by 1000, denoted by 1 followed by 30 cyphers. Hence noˈnillionth (in recent Dicts.).
1690[see billion 1]. 1828–32Webster, Nonillion, the number of nine million millions. a1835McCulloch Attributes (1843) II. xxxix. 476 Words effect less than figures; especially in the higher numbers. A Nonillion is scarcely more than a million to our conceptions. |