• (n.) According to the French method of numeration (which method is followed also in the United States) the number expressed by a unit with twenty-seven ciphers annexed. According to the English method, the number expressed by a unit with forty-eight ciphers annexed. See Numeration. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/octillion/
Oc·til'lion noun [ Latin octo eight + -illion , as in English million : confer French octillion .] According to the French method of numeration (which method is followed also in the United States) the number expressed by a unit with twenty-seven ciphers annexed. According to... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/10