Names of large numbers (Interesting)

From wikipeidia

Standard dictionary numbers

NameShort scale
(U.S. and
modern British)
Long scale
(continental Europe,
older British)
Authorities
AHD4[1]COD[2]OED2[3]OEDnew[4]RHD2[5]SOED3[6]W3[7]UM[8]
Million 106 106 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Milliard   109 ✓   ✓ ✓ ✓     ✓
Billion 109 1012 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Trillion 1012 1018 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Quadrillion 1015 1024 ✓   ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Quintillion 1018 1030 ✓   ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Sextillion 1021 1036 ✓   ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Septillion 1024 1042 ✓   ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Octillion 1027 1048 ✓   ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Nonillion 1030 1054 ✓   ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Decillion 1033 1060 ✓   ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Undecillion 1036 1066 ✓       ✓   ✓ ✓
Duodecillion 1039 1072 ✓       ✓   ✓ ✓
Tredecillion 1042 1078 ✓       ✓   ✓ ✓
Quattuordecillion 1045 1084 ✓       ✓   ✓ ✓
Quindecillion (Quinquadecillion) 1048 1090 ✓       ✓   ✓ ✓
Sexdecillion (Sedecillion) 1051 1096 ✓       ✓   ✓ ✓
Septendecillion 1054 10102 ✓       ✓   ✓ ✓
Octodecillion 1057 10108 ✓       ✓   ✓ ✓
Novemdecillion (Novendecillion) 1060 10114 ✓       ✓   ✓ ✓
Vigintillion 1063 10120 ✓   ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Centillion 10303 10600 ✓   ✓ ✓ ✓     ✓
NameValueAuthorities
AHD4CODOED2OEDnewRHD2SOED3W3UM
Googol 10100 ✓   ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Googolplex 10Googol ✓   ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Apart from million, the words in this list ending with -illion are all derived by adding prefixes (bi-, tri-, etc., derived from Latin) to the stem -illion.

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