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googol.

The number 10¹⁰⁰, or ten to the power of a hundred. Equivalent to ten duotrigintillion (short scale), or ten sexdecilliard (long scale).

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

num/ˈɡuː.ɡəl/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɡuː.ɡɒl/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɡu.ɡəl/General-American/ˈɡu.ɡɑl/General-American
  1. The number 10¹⁰⁰, or ten to the power of a hundred. Equivalent to ten duotrigintillion (short scale), or ten sexdecilliard (long scale).

Where this word comes from

Coined by nine-year-old Milton Sirotta in 1920, nephew of American mathematician Edward Kasner, who had asked Milton to think of a name for the 100th power of ten. The word was first published in the book Mathematics and the Imagination (1940).

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