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sex•de•cil•lion



Pronunciation: (seks"di-sil'yun), [key]
n., pl. -lions, (as after a numeral) -lion,
adj.


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

adj.
amounting to one sexdecillion in number.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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