"octillion" meaning in English

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Numeral

IPA: /ɒkˈtɪl.iː.ən/ [UK] Audio: en-au-octillion.ogg [Australia] Forms: octillions [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪljən Etymology: oct- (“eight”) + -illion Etymology templates: {{confix|en|oct|illion|gloss1=eight}} oct- (“eight”) + -illion Head templates: {{head|en|numeral|plural|octillions}} octillion (plural octillions)
  1. (US, modern Britain and Australia, short scale) A thousand trillion trillion, a billion billion billion: 1 followed by 27 zeros, 10²⁷. Tags: US Categories (topical): English cardinal numbers Related terms (short and long scale): Previous: septillion. Next: nonillion. Translations (a thousand trillion trillion, 1027): հազար քառիլիոն (hazar kʿaṙilion) (Armenian), kvariliardo (Esperanto), kvadriljardi (Finnish), quadrilliard (French), Quadrilliarde (German), kvadrilliárd (Hungarian), quatriliardo (Italian), 千秭 (alt: せんじょ, senjo / せんし, senshi) (Japanese), oktilion (Malay), ottiljun (Maltese), kwadriljard [masculine] (Maltese), kwadryliard [masculine] (Polish), octilhão (Portuguese), октиллион (oktillion) [masculine] (Russian), mil cuatrillones (Spanish), oktilyon (Turkish), октильйон (oktylʹjon) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-octillion-en-num-OZWXZLfy Disambiguation of English cardinal numbers: 57 43 Categories (other): American English, Australian English, British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with oct-, English terms suffixed with -illion Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with oct-: 54 46 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -illion: 58 42 Disambiguation of 'short and long scale': 56 44 Disambiguation of 'a thousand trillion trillion, 1027': 80 20
  2. (dated Britain and Australia, long scale) A trillion quintillion: 1 followed by 48 zeros, 10⁴⁸. Synonyms (a short scale quindecillion): 1048 Translations (a trillion quintillion, 1048 — see also quindecillion): 一極 (Chinese Mandarin), 一极 (Chinese Mandarin), okiliono (Esperanto), oktiljoona (Finnish), octillion [masculine] (French), Oktillion [feminine] (German), octillón (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-octillion-en-num-OS0GdhJo Categories (other): Australian English, British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with oct- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with oct-: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'a short scale quindecillion': 38 62 Disambiguation of 'a trillion quintillion, 1048 — see also quindecillion': 40 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (a long scale quadrilliard): 1027
Disambiguation of 'a long scale quadrilliard': 56 44

Inflected forms

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