tredecillion
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See also: trédécillion
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin trēdecim (“thirteen”) + -illion.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɪljən
Numeral
[edit]tredecillion (plural tredecillions)
- (rare, US, modern British & Australian, short scale) 1042.
- 1896, Frank H. Hall, The Werner Arithmetic, Oral and Written, Book Two, Parts I and II:
- The names of the periods above trillion are as follows [...] 15th, tredecillion [...]
- 1946, United States Department of Commerce, The United States Department of Commerce: How it serves you on land and sea and in the air:
- 3 quindecillion, 657 quattuordecillion, 262 tredecillion; which is to say the figures 3,657,262 followed by 42 ciphers. Operators of the key punch machines transfer a code symbol from the Census [...].
- 1994, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, The Arithmetic Teacher, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (1994):
- The answer is read as: 13 sexdecillion, 253 quindecillion, 796 quattuordecillion, 742 tredecillion, [...].
- (rare, dated, British, Australia, long scale) 1078.
Synonyms
[edit]- (1042): a long scale septillion
- (1078): a short scale quinvigintillion
Translations
[edit]1042 — see also septillion
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1078 — see also quinvigintillion
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See also
[edit]- (short and long scale) Previous: duodecillion. Next: quattuordecillion.
References
[edit]- Words of Mathematics: An Etymological Dictionary of Mathematical Terms Used in English (1994).
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