sexdecillion

noun

sex·​de·​cil·​lion ˌseks-di-ˈsil-yən 

often attributive

US : a number equal to 1 followed by 51 zeros see Table of Numbers

also, British : a number equal to 1 followed by 96 zeros see Table of Numbers

Examples of sexdecillion in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Eventually, this creature was proved to live — or, technically, to act — in 196,883 dimensions, and to possess 808 sexdecillion or so symmetries. —Siobhan Roberts, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2020

Word History

Etymology

Latin sedecim, sexdecim sixteen (from sex six + decem ten) + English -illion (as in million) — more at ten

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined above