1. plural of sexdecillion; the number 10^51 in the short scale numbering system
Usage: mathematical; extremely large number

Examples

• The estimated number of atoms in the observable universe is measured in sexdecillions.
• Astronomers work with sexdecillions when calculating cosmic distances.
• The computer processed sexdecillions of calculations per second.
• Scientists use sexdecillions to express quantities in particle physics.
• The database contained sexdecillions of data points.
• Mathematicians rarely encounter sexdecillions in everyday calculations.