(n.) According to the French method of numeration (which method is followed also in the United States) the number expressed by a unit with twenty-seven ciphers annexed. According to the English method, the number expressed by a unit with forty-eight ciphers annexed. See Numeration.
Example Sentences:
(1) An adult is made up of around 7,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (7 octillion) atoms.