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Noun: sextillion  seks'til-yun [N. Amer], seks'ti-lee-(y)un [Brit]
  1. The number that is represented as a one followed by 21 zeros
    "The national debt reached sextillions"
     
  2. [Brit] (dated British usage) a million raised to the sixth power, equal to 10^36
     
  3. [US] A thousand quintillion, equal to 10^21

Derived forms: sextillions

Type of: large integer

Encyclopedia: Sextillion