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noun- The cardinal number equal to the tenth power of a thousand. Also: adj- A very great many, countless.

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  • The census estimated there were a mind-boggling "nonillion" -- or
  • Microbial cells in the oceans 'water column number roughly 10 to the 30th (called a nonillion; expressed another way: 1,000 x 1 billion x 1 billion x 1 billion) and...
  • What they lack in size they make up for in numbers: Marine census takers calculate there are a "nonillion" of them -- that's 1,000 times 1 billion, times 1 billion,...
  • Marine census researchers calculate there are a "nonillion" of them.
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