Meaning of sedecillion | Babel Free

Definitions

Adjective. [C1]

Examples

““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.”

“The universe, having run⟳ down, will be obliged to commence a new cycle of stellar evolution, and in the fullness of time the exact state of affairs existing in the year of grace 1940 will repeat⟳ itself. When will this be? The English scientist, [J. B. S.] Haldane, has worked it out. It will fall⟳ due in or about the year, ten to the ten-to-the-hundredth power. TAKE⟳ ten, raise⟳ it to the hundredth power by adding 100 noughts. The serpentine figure⟳ resulting is known, technically, as a thousand sedecillions. […] FOR our “Golden Agers” the result⟳ may be discouraging, although what different it will make⟳ to us whether the Golden Age takes a million, or a billion, or a sedecillion years to return⟳, is not very obvious.”

“Using the short scale, a googol is equal to ten duotrigintillion. Using the long scale, it is equal to ten thousand sexdecillion (or sedecillion), or ten sexdecilliard/sedecilliard.”

“A British cryptic has 15 squares in each row and column. That gives 53,919,893,334,301,279,589,334,030,174,039,261,347,274,288,845,081,144,962,207,220,498,432 ways of arranging those 225 black and white cells – but very few of them would make⟳ a decent puzzle, or have⟳ a pleasing look⟳. With a quick crossword, it’s thirteen, which is still knocking on for seven and a half sedecillion combinations.”

“that is $1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.00 thank⟳ you thank⟳ you so very much gracious!!”

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