nonillion means an unspecified very large number. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Etymology
From French nonillion. By surface analysis, non- (“nine”) + -illion.
noun
- An unspecified very large number.“Who are a million, a trillion, a nonillion young men? All are standing. I am standing. We are wedged in and on and over and under each other. Sardines.”
num
- 10³⁰.“As we have seen that one nought goes to each potency, for the thirtieth potency we will have for the denominator one followed by thirty noughts; or the original drop of drug in one nonillion drops of alcohol!”
- 10⁵⁴.“The first six figures from the right hand are called the unit period, the next six the million period, after which the trillion, quadrillion, quintillion, sextillion, septillion, octillion, and nonillion periods, follow in their order.”
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