What (who) is googol - definition
googol
LARGE NUMBER DEFINED AS TEN TO THE POWER OF 100
Googolgon; Number google; 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000; 10^100; 10^100 (number); 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 (number); 10 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 (number); Google (number); Little googol; One google; Google million; Ten duotrigintillion/ Googol; Ten duotrigintillion; Ten thousand sexdecillion; Ten sexdecilliard; Googal; Googolillion; 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000; 70!; Hundredplex; 1E100; 1E+100; 1e+100; 10 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000; 10 duotrigintillion; Googolth; 1e100; One googol; 10¹⁰⁰
<mathematics> The number represented in base-ten by a one with
a hundred zeroes after it.
According to Webster's Dictionary, the name was coined in 1938
by Milton Sirotta, the nine-year-old nephew of American
mathematician, Edward Kasner.
See also googolplex.
(2001-03-29)
googol
LARGE NUMBER DEFINED AS TEN TO THE POWER OF 100
Googolgon; Number google; 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000; 10^100; 10^100 (number); 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 (number); 10 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 (number); Google (number); Little googol; One google; Google million; Ten duotrigintillion/ Googol; Ten duotrigintillion; Ten thousand sexdecillion; Ten sexdecilliard; Googal; Googolillion; 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000; 70!; Hundredplex; 1E100; 1E+100; 1e+100; 10 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000; 10 duotrigintillion; Googolth; 1e100; One googol; 10¹⁰⁰
['gu:g?l]
¦ cardinal number equivalent to ten raised to the power of a hundred (10100).
Origin
1940s: said to have been coined by the young nephew of the American mathematician E. Kasner.
Googol
LARGE NUMBER DEFINED AS TEN TO THE POWER OF 100
Googolgon; Number google; 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000; 10^100; 10^100 (number); 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 (number); 10 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 (number); Google (number); Little googol; One google; Google million; Ten duotrigintillion/ Googol; Ten duotrigintillion; Ten thousand sexdecillion; Ten sexdecilliard; Googal; Googolillion; 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000; 70!; Hundredplex; 1E100; 1E+100; 1e+100; 10 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000; 10 duotrigintillion; Googolth; 1e100; One googol; 10¹⁰⁰
A googol is the large number 10100. In decimal notation, it is written as the digit 1 followed by one hundred zeroes: 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.
Wikipedia
Googol
A googol is the large number 10100. In decimal notation, it is written as the digit 1 followed by one hundred zeroes: 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.
Pronunciation examples for googol
1. Right, googol, googol, googol, yes, this is looking
The Record Setter Book of World Records _ Dan Rollman & Corey Henderson _ Talks at Google
2. The googol, of course.
The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets _ Simon Singh _ Talks at Google
3. nobody had heard of a googol.
The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets _ Simon Singh _ Talks at Google
4. That's between a googol and a googolplex.
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5. about what a googol is mathematically,
The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets _ Simon Singh _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of googol
1. A googol was a very large number (one followed by a hundred zeroes). Classified ads were densely printed matter in newspapers. ‘Encyclopedia‘ was a synonym for Encyclopedia Britannica.
2. It happens to be a googol (1 followed by 100 zeroes) times smaller than would be expected if the universe was created in a single Big Bang.
3. A googol was a very large number (one followed by a hundred zeroes). Classified ads were densely printed matter in newspapers. Encyclopedia was a synonym for Encyclopedia Britannica.