Sextillion

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

  Sextillion \Sex*til"lion\, n. [Formed (in imitation of million)
     fr. L. sextus sixth, sex six: cf. F. sextilion.]
     According to the method of numeration (which is followed also
     in the United States), the number expressed by a unit with
     twenty-one ciphers annexed. According to the English method,
     a million raised to the sixth power, or the number expressed


     by a unit with thirty-six ciphers annexed. See {Numeration}.
     [1913 Webster]