undecillion

undecillion
undecillionth, adj., n.
/un'di sil"yeuhn/, n., pl. undecillions, (as after a numeral) undecillion, adj.
n.
1. a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 36 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 66 zeros.
adj.
2. amounting to one undecillion in number.
[1930-35; < L undec(im) eleven (un(us) one + -decim, comb. form of decem TEN) + -illion, as in million]

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