untrigintillion

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ trigintillion.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪljən

Numeral

untrigintillion

1. (rare, US; modern British and Australian, short scale) 10⁹⁶.
   • 1985 October 2, Dana S. Richards, “Arranging Numbers ** SPOILER *”, in net.puzzle (Usenet):

     Knuth's Problem-Solving Seminar (see STAN-CS-81-863) tried to find the lexicographically last prime and power of two using Web3. / 2**320 = 2135 ... 76 is "two untrigintillion one hundred thirty five trigintillion ...." / last prime = "two vigintillion two undecillion two trillion two thousand two hundred ninety three"

   • 1999 April 25, Peter Mucha, “Kids’ Talk”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pa., page G4, columns 1–2:

     Q What is the answer to googol minus 1? / — Zachary Jon Walder, Stockton School, Cherry Hill / A A googol is a fun name for a huge number. It's a 1 followed by 100 zeroes. So 1 less is 100 nines, or a 9 followed by 99 nines. Here’s how to say that number: 9 duotrigintillion, 999 untrigintillion, 999 trigintillion, 999 novemvigintillion, 999 octovigintillion, 999 septemvigintillion, 999 sesvigintillion, 999 quinvigintillion, 999 quattuorvigintillion, 999 tresvigintillion, 999 duovigintillion, 999 unvigintillion, 999 vigintillion, 999 novemdecillion, 999 octodecillion, 999 septendecillion, 999 sexdecillion, 999 quindecillion, 999 quattuordecillion, 999 tredecillion, 999 duodecillion, 999 undecillion, 999 decillion, 999 nonillion, 999 octillion, 999 septillion, 999 sextillion, 999 quintillion, 999 quadrillion, 999 trillion, 999 billion, 999 million, 999 thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine.

   • 2012, Chandana Jayawardana, “Ancient Mathematical Practices in Sri Lanka: A Survey based on the Pūjāvaliya”, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka‎^[1], volume LVII, section “Multiplication”, page 56:

     The long period required for fulfilling pāramitā to attain Buddhahood is mentioned as a set of numbers as multiples whose numerical products are also given. These are given in the table below […] [“Factors”:] koṭi (10⁷) x uppalayak (10⁹¹) [“Product”:] = kumudayeka (one hundred untrigintillion, 10⁹⁸)

   • 2015 March, “App of the Week: AdVenture Capitalist: David Hayward embraces capitalism and makes huge profits”, in Micro Mart, number 1354, page 127, columns 2–3:

     It’s [AdVenture Capitalist] an interesting and quite addictive game, and in time you’ll have the opportunity to spend such unpronounceable amounts as 24 untrigintillion dollars, which we think has a fair few zeros after the initial couple of digits.

Usage notes

• This definition reflects the so-called short scale for large numbers. Uses in the long scale version could not be attested.

Synonyms

• (10⁹⁶): a long scale sexdecillion

Translations

10⁹⁶ — see also sexdecillion

• Dutch: sedeciljoen (nl)
• French: sexdécillion (fr)
• German: Sexdezillion

See also

• Previous: trigintillion: short scale 10⁹³, long scale 10¹⁸⁰
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