It's not a real number, it is an expression that means somewhere between 13 and 19 of whatever you are discussing.
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∙ 14y agoDoes a 'zillion' really exist? I thought it was just an expression, like 'umpteen'.
* innumerable * many * infinite * multitudinous * untold * a plethora of * a slew * umpteen * oodles * limitless * legion of * incalculable * a vast array
For school trigonometry, it is used to find the angles of a triangle when only the lengths of the sides are known.Later on, in mechanics, you may come across the decomposition of forces along and across the line of motion. In calculus you may come across it in second order differential equations.
Yes, and no. Gillion, or jillion, or zillion, are all vague numbers meaning a very large number too large to calculate accurately. Vague numbers are very useful for indicating an approximate amount. Umpteen is a vague number meaning more than ten, less than twenty. "A couple", which originally meant "two", as in two people being called a couple, is also used as a vague number meaning two-ish, in "Give me a couple of grapes."
Infinitely many. Infinitely many. Infinitely many. Infinitely many.
Umpteen
Perhaps you mean "umpteen," an informal exaggerating expression meaning "many", used especially with "times." For example "I've told you umpteen times to clean your room!"
"It's hard to know where to go on vacation; there are umpteen destinations that sound absolutely amazing."
My Nth Bit of Strange in Umpteen Years was created in 2010.
Does a 'zillion' really exist? I thought it was just an expression, like 'umpteen'.
* innumerable * many * infinite * multitudinous * untold * a plethora of * a slew * umpteen * oodles * limitless * legion of * incalculable * a vast array
A degree is a level; it derives from the Latin word for a step. Umpteen is one of a number of number-words which do not mean a particular number, but mean "a lot". Another similar word is gazillion. But whereas gazillion implies that there are so many you cannot count them, umpteen suggests that there are a lot, but they are countable (they are in the range between ten and twenty).
Copious, many, multitudinal, multitudinous plentiful, populous, profuse, several, various, umpteen, diverse, great amount, large amounts.
Umpteen millions even if it could ever happen.
Approximately, but not definitely, 25 or so... It means the person is tired of counting how many times something has occurred. For example the phrase, "I've told you for the umpteenth time to stop whining about all the homework you get." The person means (emphatically) that they do NOT wish to repeat their effort.
go to google. click on images. type gondola in the google bar in the middle of the page, click google search and you will have umpteen pictures of gondolas (and there is more than one meaning of gondola).
A large but unspecified amount of number is called an umpteen. Despite the suffix -teen in the term, it is used to indicate all numbers beyond 19.