Centillion
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Centillion is a large number. It (centillion) refers to different quantities based on locality of usage.
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[edit] North American system
- In Canadian and U.S. usage, two centillion is 10303+10303.
- While Britain, Australia and New Zealand traditionally employed the European usage, recently they have largely switched to the U.S. version.
10303 is a thousand times more than a novemnonagintillion. 10303 is a thousandth of an uncentillion.
10303 is a quinquagintilliard, or a thousand quinquagintillion, in the European system.
It is believed to be the largest number with a conventional name, and the second largest named number after googolplex, discounting such curiosities as millillion (103003) which, though not officially accepted, are legitimately coined and widely used in some circles.[citation needed]
[edit] European system
- In traditional European usage, one centillion is 10600, i.e. (106)100, the number with a hundred times as many zeroes as a million).
10600 is a thousand times more than a novemnonagintilliard. 10600 is a thousandth of a centilliard.
10600 is a million times more than a novemnonagintillion. 10600 is a millionth of an uncentillion.
[edit] Related terms
- hundred
- million
- billion (disambiguation)
- trillion (disambiguation)
- decillion
- centilliard
- names of large numbers
