Definition:Vigintillion/Long Scale

Definition

Vigintillion is a name for $10^{120}$ in the long scale system:

One vigintillion $= 10^{6 \times 20}$

Also defined as

In the short scale system:

One vigintillion $= 10^{3 \times 20 + 3} = 10^{63}$

Also known as

Some sources use the word vigillion for vigintillion.

Also see

• Definition:Vigintillion/Short Scale

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.