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.