| 单词 |
septillion |
| 释义 |
septillion Arith.|sɛpˈtɪljən| [ad. F. septillion (16th cent.), f. L. septem seven, after million.] orig. The seventh power of a million, denoted by 1 followed by 42 cyphers. U.S. and now elsewhere, the eighth power of a thousand, denoted by 1 followed by 24 cyphers.
1690Locke Hum. Und. ii. xvi. §6 Septilions. 1870[see octillion]. 1875Grindon Life xxvi. 334 Thousands of plants consist of nothing more than a few such cells as in septillions make up an oak-tree. 1906Daily Chron. 18 May 9/4 M. Inaudi subtracted correctly a sum of figures running into septillions—purely from memory. Hence sepˈtillionth a., and n. (in recent Dicts.). |

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