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The name "sextillion" comes from the Latin word "sextus," meaning "sixth." In the system of naming large numbers, a sextillion represents 10 to the power of 21 (1 followed by 21 zeros) in the short scale used primarily in the United States and modern English-speaking countries. In the long scale, used in some European countries, it represents 10 to the power of 36. The prefix "sext-" indicates its position as the sixth term after thousand, million, billion, trillion, and quadrillion.

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