Meanings
plural tredecillions
- USraremodern British & Australian; short scale; modern British & Australian; short scale10⁴².
The names of the periods above trillion are as follows [...] 15th, tredecillion [...]
1896, Frank H. Hall, The Werner Arithmetic, Oral and Written, Book Two, Parts I and II2 more examples
3 quindecillion, 657 quattuordecillion, 262 tredecillion; which is to say the figures 3,657,262 followed by 42 ciphers. Operators of the key punch machines transfer a code symbol from the Census [...].
1946, United States Department of Commerce, The United States Department of Commerce: How it serves you on land and sea and in the airThe answer is read as: 13 sexdecillion, 253 quindecillion, 796 quattuordecillion, 742 tredecillion, ….
1994, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, The Arithmetic Teacher, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (1994)Synonyms: 1042
Synonyms & antonyms
numeral10⁴².
numeral10⁷⁸.
Origin
From Latin trēdec(im) (“thirteen”) + -illion. By surface analysis, tre- + decillion.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch tredeciljoen
- tredeciljoen1078 — see also quinvigintillion
Esperanto sepiliono
- sepiliono1042 — see also septillion
Finnish septiljoona, tredekiljoona
- septiljoona1042 — see also septillion
- tredekiljoona1078 — see also quinvigintillion
French trédécillion
- trédécillion1078 — see also quinvigintillion
German Septillion, Tredezillion
- Septillion1042 — see also septillion
- Tredezillion1078 — see also quinvigintillion
Hungarian szeptillió
- szeptillió1042 — see also septillion
Japanese 百正
- 百正 (hyakusei)1042 — see also septillion
Malay tredesilion
- tredesilion1042 — see also septillion
Polish septylion, pięć wigintylionów
- septylion1042 — see also septillion
- pięć wigintylionów1078 — see also quinvigintillion
Russian тредециллион, квинвигинтиллион
- тредециллион (tredecillion)1042 — see also septillion
- квинвигинтиллион (kvinvigintillion)1078 — see also quinvigintillion
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with tredecillion
Cite this entry
tredecillion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tredecillion
“tredecillion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tredecillion. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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