Definition:Centillion/Long Scale

Definition

Centillion is a name for $10^{600}$ in the long scale system:

One centillion $= 10^{6 \times 100}$

Also defined as

In the short scale system:

One centillion $= 10^{3 \times 100 + 3} = 10^{303}$

Also see

• Definition:Centillion/Short Scale

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.