How to pronounce septillion
American English pronunciation
sep-TIL-yun
- IPA
- /sɛpˈtɪljən/
- Syllables
- sep · TIL · yun (3 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What septillion means
The number 1 followed by 24 zeros
In a sentence: Scientists guess there may be about a septillion stars in the whole universe.
Where it comes from: It was made from sept-, from the Latin word for seven, and -illion, the ending of million.
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