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

If a googol seems large, consider a googolplex.

From Literature

One night, after what felt like a googolplex inventions, I went to Dad’s closet.

From Literature

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

From Scientific American

He was a mathematical genius, the man who popularized the terms “googol” and “googolplex” in a 1940 book, written with Edward Kasner, called “Mathematics and the Imagination.”

From New York Times

A googolplex is precisely as far from infinity as is the number one.

From Literature