Nonillion
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech numeral
Quick meaning: Nonillion is a numeral meaning (US, modern British & Australian, short scale) 10³⁰.
Meaning
(US, modern British & Australian, short scale) 10³⁰.
More Meanings
- (hyperbolic) An unspecified very large number.
- (dated, British & Australian, long scale) 10⁵⁴.
Example Sentences
Do ya not be knowin' that there are 10 nonillion atoms within the likes of us?
The figure is 1,267,700,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. In layperson's terms, that's a little over 1.2 nonillion ancestors in the 100th generation.
As we have seen that one nought goes to each potency, for the thirtieth potency we will have for the denominator one followed by thirty noughts; or the original drop of drug in one nonillion drops of alcohol!
The first six figures from the right hand are called the unit period, the next six the million period, after which the trillion, quadrillion, quintillion, sextillion, septillion, octillion, and nonillion periods, follow in their order.
Word Forms
- nonillions
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include nonillionth, umptillion, jillion, infinitillion, zillion, quintillion.
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