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googol

Pronunciation: /ˈguːgɒl/
Definition of googol

number

  • equivalent to ten raised to the power of a hundred (10100).

Origin:

1940s: said to have been coined by the nine-year-old nephew of E. Kasner (1878–1955), American mathematician, at Kasner's request

googol in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of googol in the US English dictionary
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