octodecillion

== English == === Etymology === From Latin octodec(im) (“eighteen”) +‎ -illion; compare tredecillion, quattuordecillion, etc. By surface analysis, octo- +‎ decillion. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌɒktoʊdəˈsɪl.i.ən/ Rhymes: -ɪljən === Numeral === octodecillion (plural octodecillions) (US, modern British and Australian, short scale, rare) 1057. 1962, David Bergamini, The Universe, Time-Life Books, Google Books considers page number to be top-secret The reason is that the rays created in the core are softened on their outward journey by being handled by the octodecillion-odd atoms of gas outside the core that are part of the sun but play no part in the central fusions. 2004, Jay Carty, Darrell Waltrip (co-author), Darrell Waltrip One-On-One, The Faith That Took Him to the Finish Line, Gospel Light Publishing, →ISBN, “Day 23”, unpaged the odds on the development of a polypeptide, which is a protein building block, is 6 times 10 to the 57th power, or 600 octodecillion, to 1. (dated British and Australian, long scale, rare) 10108. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== (short and long scale) Previous: septendecillion. Next: novemdecillion. === References ===