sextillion

/sɛkˈstɪljən/
noun
  1. The number equal to 1 followed by 21 zeros (10^21) in the American system, or 1 followed by 36 zeros (10^36) in the British system.
    • The national debt is nowhere near a sextillion dollars.
    • Scientists estimate there are over a sextillion stars in the observable universe.
    • A sextillion is an incredibly large number, hard to imagine in everyday life.
adjective
  1. Amounting to one sextillion in number.
    • The computer processed a sextillion calculations per second.
    • The company's valuation reached a sextillion dollars in the fictional story.
    • There are sextillion grains of sand on all the beaches on Earth, some say.
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