Definition/Meaning of nonillion
- English - Numeral: nonillion ( US , modern British & Australian , short scale ) 10 30 . 1922 August , S . E . Chapman , "Potentiality of the Infinitesimals", The Pacific coast journal of homœpathy , volume 33 , number 8 , page 244: As we have seen that one nought goes to each potency , for the thirtieth potency we will have for the denominator one followed by thirty noughts; or the original drop of drug in one…
- English - Noun: nonillion ( plural nonillions ) ( hyperbolic ) An unspecified very large number . 2002 CE: James C . Mayer , ‘Student-Led Poetry Workshops’ (which appears in ‘The English Journal’, volume 91 , number 3 , ‘Teaching and Writing Poetry’) ‘ I then looked into the zatetic forest behind it / And saw a nonillion , no , a novemdecillion of them! ’. Synonyms See also Wikisaurus:zillion. Translations
- English - Etymology: non- ( “ nine ” ) + -illion
- English - Pronunciation: Rhymes: -ɪljən
- English - See also: ( short and long scale ) Previous : octillion . Next : decillion .