tredecillion

English

Etymology

From Latin tredecim, thirteen

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪljən

Cardinal numeral

tredecillion

1. (rare, US, modern British & Australian, short scale) 10⁴².
   • 1896: Frank H. Hall, The Werner Arithmetic, Oral and Written, Book Two, Parts I and II

     The names of the periods above trillion are as follows [...] 15th, tredecillion [...]

   • 1946 CE: United States Department of Commerce, The United States Department of Commerce: How it serves you on land and sea and in the air, U. S. Government Printing Office (1946)

     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 [...].

   • 1994 CE: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, The Arithmetic Teacher, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (1994)

     The answer is read as: 13 sexdecillion, 253 quindecillion, 796 quattuordecillion, 742 tredecillion, [...].

2. (rare, dated, UK, Australia, long scale) 10⁷⁸.

Synonyms

• 10⁴²: a long scale septillion

Translations

10⁴²

• German: Septillion (de) f
• Japanese: 百正 (ひゃくせい, hyakusei)

• Malay: tredesilion (ms)

10⁷⁸

• German: Tredezillion (de) f

See also

• (short and long scale) Previous: duodecillion. Next: quattuordecillion.

References

• Words of Mathematics: An Etymological Dictionary of Mathematical Terms Used in English (1994).