sexdecillion

[ seks-di-sil-yuhn ]

noun

, plural sex·de·cil·lions, (as after a numeral) sex·de·cil·lion.

1. a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 51 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 96 zeros.

adjective

1. amounting to one sexdecillion in number.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sexdecillion¹

First recorded in 1935–40; sex- + decillion

Example Sentences

And Dr. Conway correctly predicted that this behemoth possesses symmetries numbering roughly 808 sexdecillion, or exactly:

From New York Times

It’s only Week 6, after all, and you may be thinking about the fact that, excluding the possibility of ties, there are 766 sexdecillion different ways the season could end, a number much larger than an educated guess for the number of stars in the universe.

From New York Times