googolplex

American  

[goo-gawl-pleks, -gol-, -guhl-] / ˈgu gɔlˌplɛks, -gɒl-, -gəl- /

noun

1. a number that is equal to 1 followed by a googol of zeros and expressed as .

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googolplex British  

/ ˈɡuːɡɒlˌplɛks, -ɡəl- /

noun

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

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googolplex Scientific  

/ go̅o̅′gôl-plĕks′ /

1. The number 10 raised to the power googol, written out as the numeral 1 followed by a googol (10 ¹⁰⁰) of zeros.

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Etymology

Origin of googolplex

First recorded in 1935–40; googol + -plex

Example Sentences

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googolplex

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

From Scientific American ● Apr. 1, 2014

And moviegoers should hie out to some triplex or googolplex and see how ravishing movies used to be.

From Time Magazine Archive

Since the googolplex could be written out if more writing space were available in the universe, it is nowhere near infinity.

From Time Magazine Archive

The result is a bewildering googolplex of suits, countersuits, liens, writs, motions and applications that will probably meander through the courts for years.

From Time Magazine Archive

A piece of paper large enough to have all the zeroes in a googolplex written out explicitly could not be stuffed into the known universe.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan