septillion
/sɛpˈtɪljən
/cardinal number (plural septillions or (with numeral) same)
1A thousand raised to the eighth power (1024).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 dated, chiefly British 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.