(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.
Quintillion
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) The odds of getting that right were put at one in 9.2 quintillion (billion billion) and, unsurprisingly, nobody won.
(2) You can't tell what an individual molecule is going to do, but if you deal with trillions and quadrillions and quintillions, you can tell very accurately what they're going to do on average.
(3) There are 10 quintillion insects alive at any time, but entomologists and ecologists worry about our tendency to overharvest species, leading to colony collapse.
(4) I think he’s a quality coach and every time he tells us how to play, it works.” The defence is looking strong – they have conceded three goals but one was unstoppable and anther was never a penalty in a quintillion years – and they were sensational at holding a gung-ho Chile at bay in their final group game.