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单词 septillion
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Definition of septillion in English:

septillion

cardinal number sɛpˈtɪljənsɛpˈtɪljən
  • 1A thousand raised to the eighth power (10²⁴).

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Naturally occurring wormholes, if they exist at all, are likely to be extremely small, about 10 septillion times smaller than a typical atom.
    • This is a septillion times longer than the current age of the universe.
    • Translated into arithmetical terms, the result is 79 octillion, 228 septillion, 162 sextillion, 514 quintillion, 270 quadrillion with 15 zeros attached; that is 79,228,162,270,000,000,000,000,000.
    • That, he says, ‘comes to only 1.6807 septillion languages.’
    1. 1.1British dated A million raised to the seventh power (10⁴²).

Origin

Late 17th century: from French, from million, by substitution of the prefix septi- 'seven' (from Latin septimus 'seventh') for the initial letters.

Rhymes

billion, jillion, million, bajillion, modillion, multibillion, multimillion, pillion, sextillion, squillion, trillion, zillion
 
 

Definition of septillion in US English:

septillion

cardinal numbersepˈtilyənsɛpˈtɪljən
  • 1A thousand raised to the eighth power (10²⁴).

    Compare with quadrillion
    Example sentencesExamples
    • That, he says, ‘comes to only 1.6807 septillion languages.’
    • This is a septillion times longer than the current age of the universe.
    • Translated into arithmetical terms, the result is 79 octillion, 228 septillion, 162 sextillion, 514 quintillion, 270 quadrillion with 15 zeros attached; that is 79,228,162,270,000,000,000,000,000.
    • Naturally occurring wormholes, if they exist at all, are likely to be extremely small, about 10 septillion times smaller than a typical atom.
    1. 1.1British dated A million raised to the seventh power (10⁴²).

Origin

Late 17th century: from French, from million, by substitution of the prefix septi- ‘seven’ (from Latin septimus ‘seventh’) for the initial letters.

 
 
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