Definition:Centillion/Linguistic Note
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Historical Note on Centillion
The word centillion is created from the Latin-derived prefix centi-, meaning hundredfold, together with -illion, a back-formation from the word million.
Sources
- 1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers ... (previous) ... (next): $10^{63}$
- 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $10^{63}$