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Leon's English Numbers Page
This page is all about English numbers.
How high can you count?
Is a googol the largest
named number (aside from infinity)?
NO!
How about a googolplex?
YES!
NOW,
do you know what the highest/largest number in
the English language,
not counting zillion,
infinity AND not counting
googolplex?
For answer
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| Scientific
Notation |
# of zeros |
American
English number |
# of zeros |
British
English number |
| 1 x 103 |
3 |
one thousand |
3 |
one thousand |
| 1 x 106 |
6 |
one million |
6 |
one million |
| 1 x 109 |
9 |
one billion |
9 |
one milliard |
| 1 x 1012 |
12 |
one trillion |
12 |
one billion |
| 1 x 1015 |
15 |
one quadrillion |
- |
- |
| 1 x 1018 |
18 |
one quintillion |
18 |
one trillion |
| 1 x 1021 |
21 |
one sextillion |
- |
- |
| 1 x 1024 |
24 |
one septillion |
24 |
one quadrillion |
| 1 x 1027 |
27 |
one octillion |
- |
- |
| 1 x 1030 |
30 |
one nonillion |
30 |
one quintillion |
| 1 x 1033 |
33 |
one decillion |
- |
- |
| 1 x 1036 |
36 |
one undecillion |
36 |
one sextillion |
| 1 x 1039 |
39 |
one duodecillion |
- |
- |
| 1 x 1042 |
42 |
one tredecillion |
42 |
one septillion |
| 1 x 1045 |
45 |
one quattuordecillion |
- |
- |
| 1 x 1048 |
48 |
one quindecillion |
48 |
one octillion |
| 1 x 1051 |
51 |
one sexdecillion |
- |
- |
| 1 x 1054 |
54 |
one septendecillion |
54 |
one nonillion |
| 1 x 1057 |
57 |
one octodecillion |
- |
- |
| 1 x 1060 |
60 |
one novemdecillion |
60 |
one decillion |
| 1 x 1063 |
63 |
one vigintillion |
- |
- |
| 1 x 1066 |
- |
- |
66 |
one undecillion |
| 1 x 1072 |
- |
- |
72 |
one duodecillion |
| 1 x 1078 |
- |
- |
78 |
one tredecillion |
| 1 x 1084 |
- |
- |
84 |
one quattuordecillion |
| 1 x 1090 |
- |
- |
90 |
one quindecillion |
| 1 x 1096 |
- |
- |
96 |
one sexdecillion |
| 1 x 10100 |
100 |
a googol |
- |
? |
| 1 x 10102 |
- |
- |
102 |
one septendecillion |
| 1 x 10108 |
- |
- |
108 |
one octodecillion |
| 1 x 10114 |
- |
- |
114 |
one novemdecillion |
| 1 x 10120 |
- |
- |
120 |
one vigintillion |
| 1 x 10303 |
303 |
one centillion |
- |
- |
| 1 x 10600 |
- |
- |
600 |
one centillion |
| Googolgoogol |
10,000 |
a googolplex |
- |
? |
| ? |
? |
a zillion |
? |
An uncountable, yet finite
number (example: There are a zillion stars.) |
| ? |
? |
Infinity |
? |
A theoretical number that
is without end; (synonym: forever) |
Answer:
The highest number (or largest number) in the
English language,
not counting zillion, infinity, and not counting a googolplex,
is
one
centillion.
[Source]
POST SCRIPT
 What does
"Google" mean?
Possible origin of the word
"Google"
It is this author's opinion that the people who coined the
word "Google" created a hybrid of two existing words:
1. Goggle
2. Googol
Hence, Google means: to
goggle a googol websites
(Leon, 2007)
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