Sextillion

A sextillion is equal to 1021 in America, or 1036 in France and Germany. In the [scale|long scale], 1021 is called [|trilliard], which is commonly used in France and Germany.

This number is also called heptillion in Russ Rowlett's Greek-based naming system.

He also calls zeptiad or zettund or unviginten or tzeptillion.

Decimal

 * 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 - [scale|short scale]
 * 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 - [scale|long scale]

Examples

 * The volume of the earth is about 1.085 sextillion cubic meters.
 * The earth has a mass of about 5.98 sextillion metric tons.
 * There are about 6 sextillion cups of water in all the oceans of the world.
 * The distance between one end of the universe and the other may be about 87.9 sextillion miles or 141 sextillion kilometers.
 * You could fit 615 earths in a flat layer with an area of one sextillion square centimeters.
 * The [prefix|SI prefix] [|zetta-] multiplies by one sextillion.