centillion
Three-hundred-three zeros
Centillion is an enormous number, written as 1 followed by 303 zeros in American usage, or 1 followed by 600 zeros in British usage.
Like other vast numerical terms (quintillion, sextillion), it appears mainly in contexts emphasizing incomprehensibly large quantities: There are a centillion possible outcomes.
The word derives from Latin centum (hundred), marking it as the hundredth power in the naming system.
Ten to the hundredth
- googolplexTen raised to googol
- quadrillionTen to the fifteenth
- millionOne thousand thousands
- billionOne thousand million
Superscript showing power
- notationSystem of written symbols
- factorialDescending multiplication of integers
- integerNumber lacking fractions
- digitSingle numeric character
computation · arithmetic · numeration · calculation · enumeration · quantifying · tabulation · counting
Extremely large in scope
- incomprehensibleImpossible to understand
- unfathomableBeyond comprehension or measurement
- immeasurableBeyond any quantification
- incalculableBeyond numerical determination
astronomical · boundless · infinite · limitless · colossal · enormous · staggering · mind-boggling
Overstating beyond reality
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
- dramatizationConverting events to performance
puffery · inflation · bombast · tall tale · whopper · fish story · hyperbolic · rhetorical flourish
googol
Ten to the hundredth
- googolplexTen raised to googol
- quadrillionTen to the fifteenth
- millionOne thousand thousands
exponent
Superscript showing power
- notationSystem of written symbols
- factorialDescending multiplication of integers
- integerNumber lacking fractions
digit · computation · arithmetic · numeration · calculation · enumeration · quantifying · tabulation · counting · tally
immense
Extremely large in scope
- incomprehensibleImpossible to understand
- unfathomableBeyond comprehension or measurement
- immeasurableBeyond any quantification
incalculable · astronomical · boundless · infinite · limitless · colossal · enormous · staggering · mind-boggling · inconceivable
exaggeration
Overstating beyond reality
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
dramatization · puffery · inflation · bombast · tall tale · whopper · fish story · hyperbolic · rhetorical flourish · comic exaggeration
cent, century, centipede, centennial, centenary, quintillion, octillion, septillion, nonillion