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tre·de·cil·lion

(trē′dĭ-sĭl′yən)

1. The cardinal number equal to 10⁴².

2. Chiefly British The cardinal number equal to 10⁷⁸.

[Latin tredecim, thirteen (trēs, three; see trei- in Indo-European roots + decem, ten; see deci-) + (m)illion.]

tre′de·cil′lion adj.

tre′de·cil′lionth adj.adv. & n.

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tredecillion

(ˌtriːdɪˈsɪljən)

1. (Mathematics) (in the short scale numerical system) the cardinal number of ten to the power of 42

2. (Mathematics) (in the long scale numerical system) the cardinal number of ten to the power of 78

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tre•de•cil•lion

(ˌtri dɪˈsɪl yən)

n., pl. -lions, (as after a numeral) -lion, n.

1. a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 42 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 78 zeros.

adj.

2. amounting to one tredecillion in number.

[1930–35; < Latin trē(s) three + decillion]

tre`de•cil′lionth, adj., n.

References in periodicals archive ?

Dragonfly 44's mass is estimated to be 1 trillion times the mass of the Sun, or 2 tredecillion kilograms (a 2 followed by 42 zeros), which is similar to the mass of the Milky Way.

Scientists Discover 'Dark' Milky Way

Short scale Long scale billion [10.sup.9] milliard trillion [10.sup.12] billion quadrillion [10.sup.15] billiard quintillion [10.sup.18] trillion sextillion [10.sup.21] trilliard septillion [10.sup.24] quadrillion octillion [10.sup.27] quadrilliard nonillion [10.sup.30] quintillion decillion [10.sup.33] quintilliard undecillion [10.sup.36] sextillion duodecillion [10.sup.39] sextilliard tredecillion [10.sup.42] septillion

The number name game

Longest: sexdecillion, two nonillion and tredecillion (12 letters each).

SEVENTEEN = Sixty-Eight Vigintillion Eighty-Nine Trillion Eight Eighty-Nine & Seventy-Eight Vigintillion Eighty Nine Tredecillion Eighty-Eight Nonillion.

Extreme number names

TREDECILLION ([10.sup.42]) = ([[cube root of Thousand]] x [[R/Eighty].sup.D-Eleven])E([C x {[I.sup.L]}] - L x I + O - Nineteen)

Acrostic equations

adding ONE DECILLION and ONE TREDECILLION generates R, DECILL and FOU

Word groups

The same argument goes for these numbers too: TRILLION, QUADRILLION, QUINTILLION, SEXTILLION, SEPTILLION, OCTILLION, NONILLION, DECILLION, UNDECILLION, DUODECILLION, TREDECILLION, QUATTUORDECILLION, QUINDECILLION, SEXDECILLION, SEPTENDECILLION, OCTODECILLION, NOVEMDECILLION, VIGINTILLION ...