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googol

American  
[goo-gawl, -gol, -guhl] / ˈgu gɔl, -gɒl, -gəl /

noun

  1. a number that is equal to 1 followed by 100 zeros and expressed as 10 100 .

googol British  
/ ˈɡuːɡɒl, -ɡəl /

noun

  1. the number represented as one followed by 100 zeros (10 100 )

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googol Scientific  
/ go̅o̅′gôl′,go̅o̅′gəl /

  1. The number 10 raised to the 100th power (10 100), written out as 1 followed by 100 zeros.

Etymology

Origin of googol

First recorded in 1935–40; introduced by U.S. mathematician Edward Kasner (1878–1955), whose nine-year-old nephew allegedly invented it

Example Sentences

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A googolplex is 10 raised to the googol power, so it has approximately a googol digits.

From Scientific American • Apr. 1, 2014

Of Google, she says it can be an “an empty vessel who don’t know what a googol is.”

From Forbes • Oct. 14, 2013

Science with humanity is googol times more amazing.

From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2013

Only geeks know googol is math speak for the digit one followed by one hundred zeros.

From Inc • May 23, 2013

If a googol seems large, consider a googolplex.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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