Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The cardinal number equal to 10303.
- noun Chiefly British The cardinal number equal to 10600.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the French enumeration, used in the United States, the hundredth power of 1000: in England the hundredth power of 1,000,000.
- noun In the French enumeration, used also in the United States, the hundredth power of 1,000; in the United Kingdom, the hundredth power of 1,000,000.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun 10303.
- noun 10600.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin centum, hundred; see dekm̥ in Indo-European roots + (m)illion.]
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Examples
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May your karma be true, to the power of centillion (10 600)
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And when Pelosi leaves Washington forever, it will be like having a centillion ton anvil removed from the chest of every American.
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