googol
Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈɡuː.ɡəl/, /ˈɡuː.ɡɒl/
  • (GA) enPR go͞o′gəl, IPA: /ˈɡu.ɡəl/, /ˈɡu.ɡɑl/
Numeral

googol (plural googols)

  1. cln en The number 10^{100}, or ten to the power of a hundred. [from 1920.]
    • 1979, Steven Pinker, "Formal models of language learning", Language, Cognition, and Human Nature:
      For example, in considering all the finite state grammars that use seven terminal symbols and seven auxiliary symbols (states), [...] he must test over a googol (10^100) candidates.
    • 1980, Carl Sagan, Cosmos, chapter IX
      If the universe were packed solid with neutrons, say, so there was no empty space anywhere, there would still only be about 10128 particles in it, quite a bit more than a googol but trivially small compared to a googolplex.
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