noun
- the number represented by 1 followed by 57 zeros in the US system, or by 1 followed by 108 zeros in the British system
Usage: mathematics
Examples
- An octodecillion is an incredibly large number used primarily in theoretical mathematics.
- The probability of that event occurring is less than one in an octodecillion.
- Scientists estimated the number of atoms in the observable universe to be far less than an octodecillion.
- The mathematician wrote out the full form of an octodecillion to demonstrate its magnitude.
- In the American numbering system, an octodecillion has 57 zeros after the digit 1.