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Revision as of 12:09, 23 April 2006 by Rich Farmbrough (talk | contribs) (Ced)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)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 atoms (or even subatomic particles) in the entire universe does not even come near to either value 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 cenuntillion.
10 is a quinquagintilliard, or a thousand quinquagintillion, in the European system.
It is believed to be the largest number with a conventional name, and the second largest named number after googolplex, discounting such curiosities as millillion which, though not officially accepted, are legitemately coined and widely used in some circles.
European 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 cenuntillion.
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