sextillion
构词拆分
词源说明
From Classical Latin sextus (“sixth”) + -illion; originally the sixth power of a million, 1036. Compare slightly earlier quintillion, Middle French sixlion (1484) and French sextillion (1765). First attested in 1689 in John Locke’s An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (see the quotation).
释义（英文）
数词 Numeral
- (US, UK, Australia, short scale) A trillion billion: 1 followed by 21 zeros, 1021.
- (dated UK and Australia, long scale) A million quintillion: 1 followed by 36 zeros, 1036.