Definition:Vigintillion
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Definition
Short Scale
Vigintillion is a name for $10^{63}$ in the short scale system:
- One vigintillion $= 10^{3 \times 20 + 3}$
Long Scale
Vigintillion is a name for $10^{120}$ in the long scale system:
- One vigintillion $= 10^{6 \times 20}$
Also known as
Some sources use the word vigillion for vigintillion.
Linguistic Note
The word vigintillion is created from the Latin-derived prefix viginti-, meaning twentyfold, together with -illion, a back-formation from the word million.