octillion
(noun) the number that is represented as a one followed by 27 zeros
Source: WordNet® 3.1
octillion
(US, modern British & Australian, short scale) A thousand trillion trillion, a billion billion billion: 1 followed by 27 zeros, 1027.
(dated British & Australian, long scale) A trillion quintillion: 1 followed by 48 zeros, 1048.
• (1027): a long scale quadrilliard
• (1048): a short scale quindecillion
• cotillion
Source: Wiktionary
Oc*til"lion, n. Etym: [L. octo eight + -illion, as in E. million: cf. F. octillion.]
Definition: According to the French method of numeration (which method is followed also in the United States) the number expressed by a unit with twenty-seven ciphers annexed. According to the English method, the number expressed by a unit with forty-eight ciphers annexed. See Numeration.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 June 2024
(adjective) affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm; “convulsive motions”; “his body made a spasmodic jerk”; “spastic movements”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
