1. the number represented by 1 followed by 21 zeros (10²¹) in the US system
Usage: US numbering system
2. the number represented by 1 followed by 36 zeros (10³⁶) in the British system
Usage: British numbering system; less common

Examples

• The national debt reached several sextillion dollars in the hypothetical scenario.
• Scientists estimate there are roughly a sextillion stars in the observable universe.
• The computer processed a sextillion calculations per second.
• A sextillion is an incredibly large number that’s difficult to comprehend.
• The data storage capacity was measured in sextillion bytes.
• Mathematical models predicted sextillion possible combinations.