tredecillion
- numeral
- Archaic
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tredecillón
- In the long scale, a tredecillion is equal to 1 followed by 78 zeros.
Examples
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The term tredecillion is now mostly of historical interest in British English.
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Old British reference books sometimes list tredecillion among other large numbers.
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In historical mathematics, a tredecillion was rarely used due to its enormous size.
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Did you know that a tredecillion is often used in historical contexts?
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In the long scale, a tredecillion is defined as the number represented by 1 followed by 78 zeros.
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Historical documents occasionally cite tredecillion alongside other numbers in the long scale.
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The concept of a tredecillion is primarily relevant in discussions of large numbers in British mathematics.
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Morphology
tredecillion = tredec + illion
The components 'tredec' and 'illion' do not correspond to recognizable English words or morphemes for most learners, making the meaning opaque.
Etymology
Tredecillion comes from the Latin tredecim 'thirteen' together with the ending -illion used for very large numbers like 'million'. In the long scale used in older British and European books the 'thirteenth' -illion is much larger, equal to 1 followed by 78 zeros, which is why the term is mainly of historical interest there.