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zillion | sextillion |

As a noun zillion

is an unspecified large number (of).

As a numeral sextillion is

(US; modern British & Australian, short scale) A trillion billion: 1 followed by 21 zeros, 1021.

zillion

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (slang, hyperbole) An unspecified large number (of).
    • When I want to switch Groupwise domains I am forced to click the cancel button on a login dialog box a zillion times (I’m not exaggerating... much)
  • * 2008 , " Brain tests show child wealth gap", BBC News , 6 December 2008:
    • "We are certainly not blaming lower socioeconomic families for not talking to their kids - there are probably a zillion reasons why that happens."

    Synonyms

    * (unspecified large number) See also .

    Derived terms

    * zillionaire * zillionth

    sextillion

    English

    Numeral

    (head)
  • (US; modern British & Australian, ) A trillion billion: 1 followed by 21 zeros, 1021.
  • (dated British & Australian, ) A million quintillion: 1 followed by 36 zeros, 1036.

    • See also

    * (short and long scale) Previous': quintillion. ' Next : septillion.

    Synonyms

    * 1036: a undecillion