Talk:hexillion

hexillion has 6·3=18 zeros. Compare with the prefex E = exa. Ra-raisch (talk) 12:21, 2 February 2019 (UTC)

The count goes kilo (k), million (M), gillion (G) = billion, tetrillion (T) = trillion, pentillion (P) = qadrillion, hexillion (E) = quintillion. Ra-raisch (talk) 12:25, 2 February 2019 (UTC)

Joerg Bauer (2013) The Flight of the Phoenix: Investing in Zimbabwe's Rise from the Ashes During the Global Debt Crisis: “Between 10th and 18th November 2008 the RBZ intercepted Z$60 hexillion (Z$60,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 or Z$60 x 10²¹) (...)”

Jack Frohlichstein (1967) Mathematical Fun, Games and Puzzles: “Can you read very large numbers like this: 6,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. This is read as 6 hexillion or 6 sextillion.”

At any rate, the "hexillion" = "sextillion" part is definitely citable and should not be replaced/removed. — surjection ⟨?⟩ 12:29, 2 February 2019 (UTC)

this must be another collision based on false understanding between short numbers based on latin and the new numbersystem including gillion based on greek. What do you think the reason for the new system was? Just transloating latin to greek? Ra-raisch (talk) 16:16, 2 February 2019 (UTC)

If "hexillion", itself a rare word with no universally accepted definition, is used to mean "sextillion", it's not "incorrect" usage so much as usage that deserves to be documented like everything else. Indeed, I have my doubts that the system you're likely referring to would have sufficient references in durably archived material. — surjection ⟨?⟩ 16:20, 2 February 2019 (UTC)

I can only give you a german (half way scientific) reference [1]. It doesn't give a source though, who invented the numbering system and when, but it is the only way it makes sense at all, if it is not just a funny word from SciFi literature. Gillion and tetrillion at least are exactly this way and the international SI greek numbering system with Exa, Zetta an Yotta next after Giga, Tera and Peta. Ra-raisch (talk) 16:45, 2 February 2019 (UTC)

What do you think, the word for quintillion should be then, pentandahalfillion? Ra-raisch (talk) 16:48, 2 February 2019 (UTC)

I'm not here to comment on the consistency of such numeral systems. — surjection ⟨?⟩ 17:13, 2 February 2019 (UTC)

Understanding is part of an editors's job, in order to classify the value of a source. Those two references in belles-lettres books are obviously unreliable fantasy trying incorrectly to put two and two together getting a result of 6. I don't mind, mentioning the usage in literature. But wrong things should not be copied blindly. Ra-raisch (talk) 20:07, 2 February 2019 (UTC)

Wiktionary is a descriptive dictionary, and I would recommend you to read the policies here. As I stated earlier, "hexillion" is a word so rare on its own either way that there is no way a larger community could have a shared viewpoint on what it is supposed to refer to, but "hexillion" as "septillion" can be reliably cited and therefore it passes the criteria for inclusion. — surjection ⟨?⟩ 20:14, 2 February 2019 (UTC)

How about this refernce [2], you won't beat this. "This number is also called hexillion in Russ Rowlett's Greek-based naming system. And I found the original paper [3] Ra-raisch (talk) 22:59, 2 February 2019 (UTC)

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Neither of those are durably archived. — surjection ⟨?⟩ 23:20, 2 February 2019 (UTC)