Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The ordinal number matching the number sextillion in a series.
- noun One of sextillion equal parts.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Last in a series of sextillion; also, being one of sextillion equal parts.
- noun One of sextillion equal parts; the ratio of unity to sextillion.
- noun One of sextillion equal parts; the ratio of unity to sextillion.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective The ordinal form of the number
one sextillion . - noun The person or thing in the sextillionth position.
- noun One of a sextillion equal parts of a whole.
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Examples
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If other neighborhoods harbor similar amounts, cosmology's trendiest theory of creation may prove right: it's the idea that after the big bang 12 billion years ago, the infant universe inflated wildly to some 10 trillion trillion times its original size in about a sextillionth of a picosecond.
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Of this substance, carried to the sextillionth degree, so much as one or two globules of the size mentioned can convey is a common dose.
Medical Essays, 1842-1882 Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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Of this substance, carried to the sextillionth degree, so much as one or two globules of the size mentioned can convey is a common dose.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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Sure, Deep Impact was a gentle touch, until compared to Kaguya (one sextillionth of the effect).
Scientific Blogging 2009
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Today, all Rex had to do was hit the little button on his e-mail screen that said "Forward Message" and in a sextillionth of a second, Rex Johnson's $240,000-a-year position as head of the tourist authority went bye-bye.
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Today, all Rex had to do was hit the little button on his e-mail screen that said "Forward Message" and in a sextillionth of a second, Rex Johnson's $240,000-a-year position as head of the tourist authority went bye-bye.
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"fractions of the sextillionth or decillionth degree."
Medical Essays, 1842-1882 Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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"fractions of the sextillionth or decillionth degree."
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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