tredecillion
numEtymology From Latin trēdec(im) (“thirteen”) + -illion. By surface analysis, tre- + decillion.
Modern British & Australian; short scale; modern British & Australian; short scale
- The names of the periods above trillion are as follows [...] 15th, tredecillion [...]1896, Frank H. Hall, The Werner Arithmetic, Oral and Written, Book Two, Parts I and II:
- 3 quindecillion, 657 quattuordecillion, 262 tredecillion; which is to say the figures 3,657,262 followed by 42 ciphers. Operators of the key punch machines transfer a code symbol from the Census [...].1946, United States Department of Commerce, The United States Department of Commerce: How it serves you on land and sea and in the air:
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- The answer is read as: 13 sexdecillion, 253 quindecillion, 796 quattuordecillion, 742 tredecillion, ….1994, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, The Arithmetic Teacher, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (1994)
- Synonyms
- 1042, 1078
- Related terms
- Previous: duodecillion. Next: quattuordecillion.