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| The number '''centillion''' refers to different quantities based on locality of usage |
The number '''centillion''' refers to different quantities based on locality of usage. The number itself has no real usage outside of mathematics. The total number of ]s (or even ]) in the entire ] does not even come near to either definition of a centillion. | ||
| ==North American system== | ==North American system== | ||
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The number centillion refers to different quantities based on locality of usage. The number itself has no real usage outside of mathematics. The total number of atomss (or even subatomic particles) in the entire universe does not even come near to either definition of a centillion.
North American system
- In Canadian and U.S. usage, one centillion is 10.
- While Britain, Australia and New Zealand traditionally employed the European usage, they have recently largely switched to the U.S. version.
10 is a thousand times more than a novemnonagintillion. 10 is a thousandth of a centuntillion.
10 is a quinquagintilliard, or a thousand quinquagintillion, in the European system.
Believed to be the largest number with an actual name.
European system
10 is a novemnonagintacentillion in the North American system.
10 is a thousand times more than a novemnonagintilliard. 10 is a thousandth of a centilliard.
10 is a million times more than a novemnonagintillion. 10 is a millionth of a centuntillion.
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