septillion
- noun
- /sɛpˈtɪljən/
- US
:
septillón
- A yottabyte is 1 septillion bytes.
Examples
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In an average winter, climatologists estimate that approximately 1 septillion snow crystals fall from the sky.
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We started at a septillion, correct?
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A yottabyte is 1 septillion bytes.
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The Sun emits energy equivalent to about 384.6 septillion watts each second.
Synonyms
The number 1 followed by 24 zeros, used in older British number system
How Big
- Specialized
- US
1
8.4
1
7.5
346
2.6
∞
1.0
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
septillion = million (semi-transparent) = sept + illion
The word is formed by the numerical prefix 'sept-' (seven) attached to the '-illion' naming pattern familiar from 'million' and friends; this signals a very large number but does not make the exact power of ten obvious to learners without knowledge of the -illion sequence.
Etymology
The word septillion comes from the Latin root sept- meaning 'seven' and the familiar word million, because English builds names for very large numbers in steps from million. So, in American English a septillion is the number one followed by twenty-four zeros.