googolplex

[ goo-gawl-pleks, -gol-, -guhl- ]

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noun

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

googolplex

/ ˈɡuːɡɒlˌplɛks; -ɡəl- /

noun

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

googolplex

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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Word History and Origins

Origin of googolplex¹

First recorded in 1935–40; googol + -plex

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Word History and Origins

Origin of googolplex¹

C20: from googol + ( du ) plex

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Some Democrats have advanced legislation to effectively eliminate the debt ceiling by raising it to an impossibly high number, such as googolplex.

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If a googol seems large, consider a googolplex.

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

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

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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.”

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googol goo-goo

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