John Candelaria, A New Number Nomenclature, 1983
Following is the article A New Number Nomenclature from pages 125-127 of Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics, (1983) vol. 16, #2.
The article presents an ad-hoc extension of "Chuquet" number-names, including whimsical names for class 3 and higer numbers, like 103(103(106+3)+3).
Everything here has long since been supplanted by the Conway-Wechsler system, see full list of individual "zillions".
The author refers to two of his earlier articles:
John Candelaria, Extending the Number Names, 1975.
John Candelaria, Renaming the Extended Numbers, 1976.
A NEW NUMBER NOMENCLATURE
JOHN CANDELARIA
Loma Linda, California
In two earlier Word Ways articles published in August 1975 and February 1976, I proposed a nomenclature for very large numbers, going far beyond the vigintillion (ten to the sixty-third power) commonly regarded as the outer limit. In this article, I introduce some changes to make my proposed nomenclature more consistent with the modern system of Latin cardinal number names, as given on pages 128-9 of Ernest Hettich and A.G.C. Maitland's Latin Fundamentals (New York: Prentice-Hall, 1950). In particular, the number name millillion, formerly used to represent the number one followed by 3(1000) + 3 zeros, has now been delayed until 3(1000000) + 3 zeros appear — a much more appropriate location.
As before, the period of a number is defined by the number of zeros following it:
(number of zeros) = 3(period) + 3.
Thus, one million has a period of 1, one billion a period of 2, and so on.
In the table below, number names are presented for selected periods ranging from one to one million; in each case, the period is followed by the number name.
Table 1 Million to Millillion
(periods i = 1, 2, ... 1000000)
1-9 1 million, 2 billion, 3 trillion, 4 quadrillion, 5
quintillion, 6 sextillion, 7 septillion, 8 octillion, 9 nonillion
10-19 10 decillion, 11 undecillion, 12 duodecillion,
13 tredecillion, 14 quattuordecillion, 15 quindecillion,
16 sexdecillion, 17 septendecillion, 18 octodecillion, 19 novemdecillion
20-29 20 vigintillion, 21 viginti-unillion, 22
viginti-duillion, 23 viginti-treillion, 24 viginti-quattroillion,
25 viginti-quinillion, 26 viginti-sextillion, 27 viginti-septeillion,
28 viginti-octoillion, 29 viginti-noveillion
10-90 30 trigintillion, 31 triginti-unillion, ..
40 quadragintillion, 50 quinquagintillion, 60 sexagintillion,
70 septuagintillion, 80 octagintillion, 90 nonagintillion
100-900 100 centillion, 101 centi-unillion, 110 centi-decillion,
120 centi-vigintillion, ..
200 ducentillion, 300 trecentillion, 400 quadringentillion,
500 quingentillion, 600 sexgentillion, 700 septingentillion,
800 octingentillion, 900 nongentillion
1000-9000 1000 decingentillion, 1001 decingenti-unillion,
1010 decingenti-decillion, 1100 decingenti-centillion,
1200 decingenti-ducentillion, ..
2000 bi-decingentillion, 2100 bi-decingenti-uncentillion,
2200 bi-decingenti-ducentillion, ..
3000 tri-decingentillion, 4000 quadri-decingentillion,
5000 quinti-decingentillion, 6000 sexti-decingentillion,
7000 septi-decingentillion, 8000 octi-decingentillion,
9000 noni-decingentillion
10000-90000 10000 deci-decingentillion, 10001
deci-decingentiunillion, 10010 deci-decingenti-decillion, 10100
deci-decingenti-centillion, 11000 undeci-decingentillion, 12000
duodeci-decingentillion, 13000 tredeci-decingentillion, ..
20000 viginti-decingentillion, 21000
viginti-undecingentillion, 22000 viginti-duodecingentillion, ..
30000 triginti-decingentillion, 40000 quadraginti-decingentillion,
50000 quinquaginti-decingentillion, 60000 sexaginti-decingentillion,
70000 septuaginti-decingentillion, 80000 octaginti-decingentillion,
90000 nonaginti-decingentillion
100000-900000 100000 centi-decingentillion,
110000 centideci-decingentillion, 120000 centiviginti-decingentillion, ..
200000 ducenti-decingentillion, 300000 trecenti-decingentillion,
400000 quadringenti-decingentillion, 500000 quingenti-decingentillion,
600000 sexgenti-decingentillion, 700000 septingenti-decingentillion,
800000 octingenti-decingentillion, 900000 nongenti-decingentillion
1000000 millillion
Table 2 Millillion to Millioneillion
(perlods 103i+3, i = 1, 2, .. 1000000)
1-9 1 millillion, 2 billillion, 3 trilllillion, ..
10-90 10 decillillion, 20 vigintillillion, ..
100-900 100 centillillion, 200 ducentillillion, ...
1000-9000 1000 decingentillillion, 2000 bidecingentillillion, ..
10000-90000 10000 deci-decingentillillion, ..
100000-900000 100000 centi-decingentilillion, ..
1000000 millioneillion
Table 3 Millioneillion to Millitwoillion
(perlods 103(103i+3+3), i = 1, 2, .. 1000000)
1-9 1 millioneillion, 1 billioneillion, 3 trillioneillion, ..
10-90 10 decillioneillion, 20 vigintillioneillion, ..
100-900 100 centillioneillion, 200 ducentillioneillion, ..
1000-9000 decingentillioneillion, ..
10000-90000 deci-decingentillioneillion, ..
100000-900000 100000 centi-decingentillioneillion, ..
1000000 millitwoillion
The first three milli(cardinal)illion number names are defined below in terms of their periods:
Millioneillion: period 103(106+3)
Millitwoillion: period 103(103(106+3)+3)
Millithreeillion: period 103(103(103(106+3)+3)+3)
The periods defining these numbers are expressed by ever-higher typewriter mountains — in fact, the universe is not large enough to contain the typewriter mountain describing the period of one millimillillionillion!
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