1. plural of sextillion; the numbers that are each equal to 1 followed by 21 zeros (in the US system) or 1 followed by 36 zeros (in the British system)
Usage: mathematical

Examples

• The national debt reached several sextillions of dollars in the hypothetical scenario.
• Scientists estimate there are sextillions of stars in the observable universe.
• The computer processed sextillions of calculations per second.
• Sextillions of molecules make up even the smallest drop of water.
• The data storage capacity was measured in sextillions of bytes.
• Astronomers deal with sextillions when calculating cosmic distances.