Meanings
plural septendecillions
- AustraliaUKUSmodernrareshort scale10⁵⁴.
The names of the periods above trillion are as follows [...] 19th, septendecillion [...]
1896, Frank H. Hall, The Werner Arithmetic, Oral and Written, Book Two, Parts I and II2 more examples
STV by the Numbers: [...] 3000^16 (roughly 43 septendecillion) : number of possible voting permutations if 3,000 students vote (Single Transferable Voting is pretty complicated!).
2003, Bits and Bytes - New voting system demystifiedOne Septendecillion Years From Now [...] The total mass of the universe [will be] somewhere between 200 and 500 septendecillion grams.
2003, Magic Dragon Multimedia, Timeline Cosmic FutureSynonyms: 1054
- AustraliaUKdatedrarelong scale10¹⁰².
Synonyms & antonyms
numeral10⁵⁴.
a short scale tretrigintillion
Origin
From Latin septendec(im) (“seventeen”) + -illion; compare tredecillion, quattuordecillion, etc. By surface analysis, septen- + decillion.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch septendeciljoen
- septendeciljoen10102 — see also tretrigintillion
Esperanto naŭiliono
- naŭiliono1054 — see also nonillion
Finnish noniljoona, septendekiljoona
- noniljoona1054 — see also nonillion
- septendekiljoona10102 — see also tretrigintillion
French septendécillion
- septendécillion10102 — see also tretrigintillion
German Nonillion, Septendezillion
- Nonillion1054 — see also nonillion
- Septendezillion10102 — see also tretrigintillion
Hungarian nonillió
- nonillió1054 — see also nonillion
Japanese 百恒河沙
- 百恒河沙 (hyakugōgasha)1054 — see also nonillion
Malay septendesilion
- septendesilion1054 — see also nonillion
Polish milion oktylionów, nonilion
- milion oktylionów1054 — see also nonillion
- nonilion1054 — see also nonillion
- septendecylion10102 — see also tretrigintillion
Russian септендециллион, септемдециллион
- септендециллион (septendecillion)1054 — see also nonillion
- септемдециллион (septemdecillion)1054 — see also nonillion
- третригинтиллион (tretrigintillion)10102 — see also tretrigintillion
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with septendecillion
Cite this entry
septendecillion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/septendecillion
“septendecillion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/septendecillion. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “septendecillion,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/septendecillion.
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