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sextillion

How to use sextillion in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for sextillion.

Editorial note

Or, in the rarer case, "sextillion" -> 10^21 = 10^3 * 10^18 -> "tysiąc trylionów".

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Definitions1
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Quick take

the number that is represented as a one followed by 21 zeros

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of sextillion gathered in one view.

noun

the number that is represented as a one followed by 21 zeros

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for sextillion.

noun

the number that is represented as a one followed by 21 zeros

Example sentences

1

Or, in the rarer case, "sextillion" -> 10^21 = 10^3 * 10^18 -> "tysiąc trylionów".

2

Say you're given a sextillion doors, and you pick one lonesome door, call it door A.

3

Is the chance of a single virion infecting a cell 1 in a sextillion, or only 1 in a million?

4

For a more than 50% chance of a collision, more than 4 sextillion hashes[1] would have to be generated, compared to 1 septillion hashes[2] for the normal digest.

5

The JT Quantum Computer leverages the quantum multiverse to generate random numbers and pattern distributions via the entangled interactions of five sextillion atoms.

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Even then, 10^3 = thousand 10^6 = million 10^9 = billion 10^12 = trillion 10^15 = quadrillion, or thousand trillion 10^18 = quintillion, or million trillion 10^21 = sextillion, or billion trillion 10^24 = heptillion, or trillion trillion 10^27 = octillion, or thousand trillion trillion 10^30 = nonillion, or million trillion trillion 10^33 = decillion, or billion trillion trillion 10^36 = undecillion, or trillion trillion trillion One of those numbering conventions is not tremendously useful, and the other is very very very stupid.

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> Green thinks this scenario is so unlikely to occur twice that he hired a sports analytics firm to determine the odds were a mere “1-in-8 sextillion.”The fact this plaintiff implicitly argued the probability of fictional and non-fictional events are equal, made me realise that perhaps the seemingly moronic arguments we hear about from litigation in the technical world aren't all down to incompetence in reasoning about technology - just incompetence in reasoning about reality in general, but I guess people will say anything when they believe the opposition is wrong regardless of the implications of their insane reasoning.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use sextillion in a sentence?

Or, in the rarer case, "sextillion" -> 10^21 = 10^3 * 10^18 -> "tysiąc trylionów".

What does sextillion mean?

the number that is represented as a one followed by 21 zeros

What part of speech is sextillion?

sextillion is commonly used as noun.