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Synonyms

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  
/ go̅o̅gôl′,go̅o̅gəl /
  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