Meanings
- rareshort scale10¹⁸³.
In a dramatic new twist on grassroots organizing, an estimated sexagintillion raindrops marched on the nation's capitol this week to protest global warming.
2006 June 30, Toby Barlow, “March on Washington, New Millennium Style”, in The Huffington Post, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Nov 20073 more examples
But one can have, after the vigintillion, a trigintillion, a quadragintillion, a quinquagintillion, a sexagintillion, a septuagintillion, an octogintillion, a nonagintillion, and a centillion.
2003 July 16, jsavard@ecn.ab.ca [John Savard], “Beyond the Vigintillion”, in sci.math (Usenet), archived from the original on 30 Dec 2025Chris Parslow shat the following logs: / > / [> Sharks V Roosters / Sharks by 6 / > Eels V Warriors / Eels by 8 / > Broncos V Tigers /] > Bronks by [/ > Storm V Panthers / Storm by 16 / > Rabbitohs V Dragons / Dragons by 10 / > Bulldogs V Raiders / Dullbogs by 10 / > Sea Eagles V Knights / Sea Eagles by 14] A Novemnonagintillion? A Sexagintillion? A Thousand Duovigintillion? A Sextillion? A Million? A Thousand? Hundred? Fifty? A Few? Fuck All? Golden Wank? (Translation: Draw?)
2005 June 17, Jeff, “OK OK Tips for Round 15”, in aus.sport.rugby-league (Usenet), archived from the original on 30 Dec 2025Dividing the current volume of the observable universe (4 × 10⁸⁰ cubic metres) by this fantastically tiny number tells us how many times the smallest physically meaningful volume will fit into the largest actual volume of which we know. The answer: about 2 × 10¹⁸⁵. Written out in full (with apologies to the proofreader!) this is 200, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000 or 200 sexagintillion.
2022, David Darling, Agnijo Banerjee, “At the Limits of Reality”, in The Biggest Number in the World: A Journey to the Edge of Mathematics, London: Oneworld Publications, →ISBN
Origin
From Latin sexāgintā + -illion.
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