nonillion

nonillion
(no-ni-li-on) s. m.
Terme d'arithmétique. Octillion multiplié par mille.
   XVIe s.
   Ung nonillion vaut mille milliers de octilions, DE LA ROCHE Arismetique, f. 7.
   Lat. nonus, neuvième. Voy. billion, pour l'explication de l'ancienne manière de compter, qui explique les mille milliers d'octilions.

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  • nonillion — [nō nil′yən] n. [Fr < L nonus, ninth (see NOON) + Fr (m)illion] ☆ 1. the number represented by 1 followed by 30 zeros 2. Brit. the number represented by 1 followed by 54 zeros adj. amounting to one nonillion in number …   English World dictionary

  • Nonillion — No*nil lion, n. [L. nonus ninth + illion, as in E. million.] According to the French and American notation, a thousand octillions, or a unit with thirty ciphers annexed; according to the English notation, a million octillions, or a unit with… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • nonillion — [nɔniljɔ̃] n. m. ÉTYM. 1520; du lat. nonus « neuvième », d après million. ❖ ♦ Arithm. (Rare). Nombre égal à un million d octillions (S = 1054) …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Nonillion — A Nonillion is 1 times;1030 = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.Except British nomenclature, in which nonillion refers to 1054 (septendecillion in US/Scientific nomenclature).Separate from the number itself, scientist believe that the… …   Wikipedia

  • nonillion — nonillionth, n., adj. /noh nil yeuhn/, n., pl. nonillions, (as after a numeral) nonillion, adj. n. 1. a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 30 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 54 zeros. adj. 2. amounting to one… …   Universalium

  • nonillion — noun A very large number. ‘I then looked into the zatetic forest behind it / And saw a nonillion, no, a novemdecillion of them!’ …   Wiktionary

  • nonillion — no•nil•lion [[t]noʊˈnɪl yən[/t]] n. pl. lions, (as after a numeral) lion, 1) a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 30 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 54 zeros 2) amounting to one nonillion in number • Etymology:… …   From formal English to slang

  • nonillion — /noʊˈnɪljən/ (say noh nilyuhn) noun 1. a cardinal number represented by one followed by 54 zeros (in the US and France, by one followed by 30 zeros). –adjective 2. amounting to one nonillion in number. {French, from non (from Latin nōnus ninth) + …  

  • nonillion — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: French, from Latin nonus ninth + French illion (as in million) more at noon Date: 1690 see number table …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Nonillion — In diesem Artikel geht es um den Aufbau von Zahlennamen und die Benennung von Zahlen im Dezimalsystem. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Der Aufbau von Zahlennamen 1.1 Null bis Neun 1.2 Zehn 1.3 Elf und Zwölf als Ausnahmen …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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