Octillion

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Octillion \Oc*til"lion\, n. [L. octo eight + -illion, as in E.
     million: cf. F. octillion.]
     According to the French method of numeration (which method is
     followed also in the United States) the number expressed by a
     unit with twenty-seven ciphers annexed. According to the
     English method, the number expressed by a unit with


     forty-eight ciphers annexed. See {Numeration}.
     [1913 Webster] Octo