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A septillion is a number written as either:
- a 1 followed by 24 zeros (10 to the 24th power, as used in the short scale system of numeration. 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 in decimal form.
or
- a 1 followed by 42 zeros (10 to the 42nd power, as used in the French system of numeration. 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 in decimal form.
In the "short scale"), this number is equal to 1,000 sextillion.
Trivia
- A yottameter is equal to a septillion meters.