googol

[ goo-gawl, -gol, -guhl ]
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noun
  1. a number that is equal to 1 followed by 100 zeros and expressed as 10100.

Origin of googol

1
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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British Dictionary definitions for googol

googol

/ (ˈɡuːɡɒl, əl) /


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

Origin of googol

1
C20: coined by E. Kasner (1878–1955), American mathematician

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Scientific definitions for googol

googol

[ gōōgôl′, gōōgəl ]


  1. The number 10 raised to the 100th power (10100), written out as 1 followed by 100 zeros.

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