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Meaning of "sextillion" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SEXTILLION

From French, from sex- + -illion, on the model of septillion.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SEXTILLION

sextillion  [sɛksˈtɪljən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SEXTILLION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sextillion is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SEXTILLION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Names of large numbers

This article lists and discusses the usage and derivation of names of large numbers, together with their possible extensions. The following table lists those names of large numbers which are found in many English dictionaries and thus have a special claim to being "real words". The "Traditional British" values shown are unused in American English and are becoming rare in British English, but their other language variants are dominant in many non-English-speaking areas, including continental Europe and Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America; see Long and short scales. English also has many words, such as "zillion", used informally to mean large but unspecified amounts; see indefinite and fictitious numbers.

Definition of sextillion in the English dictionary

The definition of sextillion in the dictionary is the number represented as one followed by 36 zeros. Other definition of sextillion is the number represented as one followed by 21 zeros.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SEXTILLION


alien
ˈeɪljən
billion
ˈbɪljən
Brazilian
brəˈzɪljən
Castilian
kæˈstɪljən
centillion
sɛnˈtɪljən
civilian
sɪˈvɪljən
cotillion
kəˈtɪljən
cotillon
kəˈtɪljən
million
ˈmɪljən
octillion
ɒkˈtɪljən
pavilion
pəˈvɪljən
postilion
pɒˈstɪljən
postillion
pɒˈstɪljən
Quintilian
kwɪnˈtɪljən
quintillion
kwɪnˈtɪljən
septillion
sɛpˈtɪljən
trillion
ˈtrɪljən
vermilion
vəˈmɪljən
vermillion
vəˈmɪljən
vigintillion
ˌvaɪdʒɪnˈtɪljən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SEXTILLION

sextan
Sextans
sextant
sextantal
Sextantis
sextarius
sextet
sextett
sextette
sextile
sextillionth
sexto
sextodecimo
sextolet
sexton
sextoness
sextonship
sextuor
sextuple
sextuplet

WORDS THAT END LIKE SEXTILLION

bullion
gazillion
gone a million
hallion
hellion
jillion
lion
medallion
mullion
multibillion
parts per million
pillion
rapscallion
rebellion
rullion
scallion
stallion
the Great Rebellion
the Jacobite Rebellion
tourbillion
zillion

Synonyms and antonyms of sextillion in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sextillion» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SEXTILLION

Find out the translation of sextillion to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sextillion from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sextillion» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

sextillion
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sextillion
570 millions of speakers

English

sextillion
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

sextillion
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سكستليون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

секстиллионов
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sextilhões
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

sextillion
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sextillion
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sextillion
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sextillion
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

sextillion
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

sextillion
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sextillion
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sextillion
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

sextillion
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Sextillion
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sextillion
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sextillion
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sextillion
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

секстильйонів
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sextilioane
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εξακισεκατομμύριον
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sextillion
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sextillion
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sextillion
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sextillion

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SEXTILLION»

The term «sextillion» is normally little used and occupies the 118.131 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SEXTILLION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sextillion» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sextillion» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sextillion

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEXTILLION»

Discover the use of sextillion in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sextillion and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Niguma, Lady of Illusion
... and enter into their equipoise, see ten sextillion buddhas, completely know their blessings, shake up ten sextillion world realms, travel to ten sextillion buddha realms, completely illuminate ten sextillion world realms, fully mature ten sextillion ...
‎2010
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Quadrillion Dollars
Synthesis per year 700000 ton THE ACTINIUM ,per one ton 1 sextillion $ USA. Synthesis per year 700000 ton THE ALUMINIUM ,per one ton 1 sextillion $ USA. Synthesis per year 700000 ton THE AMERICIUM , per one ton 1 sextillion $ USA.
Vyacheslav Grzhibovskiy
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Trillion Dollars
... per one ton 1 sextillion $ Synthesis $ USA. Synthesis $ USA. Synthesis USA. Synthesis USA. Synthesis BARIUM , per one ton 1 sextillion $ per THE year ton 700000 Synthesis 700000 ton THE SAPPHIRE,per one ton 1 octallion $ per year.
Vyacheslav Grzhibovskiy
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1 Quindecillion Dollars of The United States of America ATM CARD
Synthesis per year 700000 tons THE ACTINIUM ,per one ton l sextillion $ USA. Synthesis per year 700000 tons THE ALUMINIUM ,per one ton 1 sextillion $ USA. Synthesis per year 700000 tons THE AMERICIUM , per one ton l sextillion ...
Vyacheslav Grzhibovskiy
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Origin and All: Riches of Life in the Man Being, Beyond the ...
These 50 sextillion solar systems are approximately constituted by 9 major planets each; so, the total number of planets in the universe amount to (50 sextillion x 9 = 450 sextillion) 450 sextillion planets in the entire universe. Our planet, planet ...
Ancient Benjamin, 2014
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God of Wonders: A Daily Devotional
Seventy. Sextillion. and. Still. Counting. He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name. Ps. 147:4, NIV. ... Our star-counting machine would have to count for more than a sextillion years. What an amazing God! My Lord ...
David A. Steen, 2012
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By Sheer Accident
Science has made us believe for decades that the universe entails some seventy sextillion (one sextillion is one billion times trillion!) stars. Since 2009, scientists assume there are even more; 210 sextillion stars. We may conclude that the ...
Jos Arkes, Gerard Fidom, 2012
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Math Wizardry for Kids, 2nd Ed.
Now imagine how many atoms you are adding per minute. Figure you added a sextillion of atoms in 1 minute. A sextillion is 1 with 21 zeros after it. Do some exercises or play a long outside game. Perhaps you'll lose a sextillion of atoms.
Margaret Kenda
9
Before Adam Wore Clothes
He gave names to all the stars. ..think of it, the total number is presently guesstimated to be in the neighborhood of approximately 70 million million million, or 70 sextillion stars in the known universe. God created each one, named them and ...
J. B. Butler, 2011
10
Extreme Cosmos: A Guided Tour of the Fastest, Brightest, ...
Previous estimates had put this figure at 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (100 sextillion) stars, but the new calculation showed that this number was more like 300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (300 sextillion) stars. Clearly the count of the  ...
Bryan Gaensler, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SEXTILLION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sextillion is used in the context of the following news items.
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Court delays Texas execution that had been set for Thursday
A sextillion is defined as a 1 followed by 21 zeros. Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Robert Hurst said Williams had not yet been moved to a ... «Lewistown Sentinel, Jul 15»
2
Looking Up: Try to count the stars
That's 10 to the 21st power, or one sextillion. How can we begin to comprehend such a large number? One sextillion is the same as a billion trillion, if that's any ... «Wayne Independent, Jul 15»
3
He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth on …
A world map published by the National Geographic Society has this notation: “Earth's mass is 6.6 sextillion tons.” And what supports all that weight? Nothing. «Philippine Star, Jun 15»
4
What Is Litecoin And How Does It Work?
When inflation reached 89.7 sextillion percent (give or take a few points) and rendered the Zimbabwean dollar worthless, that wiped out the fortunes of many ... «Investopedia, Apr 15»
5
Nouveau configurateur de voiture Porsche - Plus de sextillion de …
Le configurateur de voiture Porsche offre plus d'un sextillion de possibilités différentes avec des illustrations, par exemple pour l'emblématique Porsche 911 ... «AudiPassion.com, Apr 15»
6
There may be more Earth-like planets than grains of sand on all our …
Jason Marshall, aka "The Math Dude," has calculated that there are roughly 5 sextillion grains of sand on all our planet's beaches combined. So take every grain ... «CNET, Mar 15»
7
The universe is short on stars, and scientists have finally figured out …
Around 100 sextillion—1 followed by 23 zeros—to be precise. But even this (truly) astronomical number isn't large enough to satisfy these greedy scientists. «Quartz, Dec 14»
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The interview: Marcus Weldon, CTO, Alcatel-Lucent, and president …
One sextillion is also the number of stars in the Milky Way. We've come a long way and it is the legacy of innovation here at Bell Labs that is driving us forward.”. «Siliconrepublic.com, Dec 14»
9
You think you've got bills? Government could have fined Yahoo …
At the end of the year: the total would have been $7.9 sextillion. That's equal to a stack of $100 bills (if that many actually existed) so high that it would go back ... «Washington Post, Sep 14»
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The Pictorial Narrative, Roy Lichtenstein And The Pregnant Moment …
They're both simultaneously announcing, “Welcome to Sextillion!”, as if they're speaking directly to the reader. Who are they talking to? What is Sextillion? «Bleeding Cool News, Aug 14»

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