Sedecillion

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  1. 1
    Alternative form of sexdecillion. alt-of, alternative

    "“According to permutation the forty-two individual faculties of genetic instincts of which the human mind is composed may combine in 2,810,012,235,505,759,797,086,285,212,489,023,129,768,000,000,000 different ways.” Think of it! Only two sedecillion, eight hundred and ten quindecillion, twelve quattuordecillion, two hundred and thirty-five tredecillion, five hundred and five duodecillion, seven hundred and fifty-nine undecillion, seven hundred and ninety-seven decillion, eighty-six nonillion, two hundred and eighty-five octillion, two hundred and twelve septillion, four hundred and eighty-nine sextillion, twenty-three quintillion, one hundred and twenty-nine quadrillion, five hundred and forty trillion,^([sic]) seven hundred and sixty-eight billion!^([sic]) And if there are any odd millions he doesn’t mention the fact."

Etymology

From Latin sēdec(im) + -illion.

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