Definition:Centillion
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Definition
Short Scale
Centillion is a name for $10^{303}$ in the short scale system:
- One centillion $= 10^{3 \times 100 + 3}$
Long Scale
Centillion is a name for $10^{600}$ in the long scale system:
- One centillion $= 10^{6 \times 100}$
Linguistic Note
The word centillion is created from the Latin-derived prefix centi-, meaning hundredfold, together with -illion, a back-formation from the word million.