decillion
noun
de·cil·lion
di-ˈsil-yən 
often attributive
US
: a number equal to 1 followed by 33 zeros see Table of Numbers
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Solving it would take 1.2 decillion moves (the number 1 followed by 33 digits).
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A.j. Jacobs, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2022
The scientists found that a proton’s building block, known as a quark, faces a pressure of 100 decillion Pascal near the center of a proton.
—David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 17 May 2018
Physics theories suggest that sometime between 10^34 (1 decillion) and 10^64 (1 vigintillion) years from now, the protons found in the nuclei of all atoms will decay.
—NBC News, 20 Dec. 2017
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A.j. Jacobs, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2022
The scientists found that a proton’s building block, known as a quark, faces a pressure of 100 decillion Pascal near the center of a proton.
—David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 17 May 2018
Physics theories suggest that sometime between 10^34 (1 decillion) and 10^64 (1 vigintillion) years from now, the protons found in the nuclei of all atoms will decay.
—NBC News, 20 Dec. 2017
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decillion
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de·cil·lion
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