googol
American
[goo-gawl, -gol, -guhl]
/ ˈgu gɔl, -gɒl, -gəl /
noun
googol
British
/ ˈɡuːɡɒl, -ɡəl /
noun
googol
Scientific
/ go̅o̅′gôl′,go̅o̅′gəl /
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
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