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googol

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goo·gol  (ggôl, -gl)
n.
The number 10 raised to the power 100 (10100), written out as the numeral 1 followed by 100 zeros.
[Coined at the age of nine by Milton Sirotta, nephew of Edward Kasner (1878-1955), American mathematician.]
googol [ˈguːgɒl -gəl]
n
(Mathematics) the number represented as one followed by 100 zeros (10100)
[coined by E. Kasner (1878-1955), American mathematician]
googol  (ggôl, ggl)
The number 10 raised to the 100th power (10100), written out as 1 followed by 100 zeros.
googol - Coined when mathematician Edward Kasner asked his nephew to create a word for the number 1 followed by 100 zeros.
See also related terms for zero.
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Noun1.googol - a cardinal number represented as 1 followed by 100 zeros (ten raised to the power of a hundred)
cardinal number, cardinal - the number of elements in a mathematical set; denotes a quantity but not the order
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Byline: ANI London, Nov 20 (ANI): Google got its name from googol - the number one followed by 100 zeroes which represents the amount of information the site was expected to cover, and Nike's name come from a Greek goddess, reveals a new book.
How Google and Nike got their names by Asian News International
The Chuquet system for the naming of numbers goes on into larger and larger numbers, yet there is a special word for the name of a BIG number and that is called the Googol.
DR MATHS by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
As the superstitious know for a fact and the substitous deny as mere superstition, the numbers 7 and 13 influence our lives far more than any other number lower than a googol.
Seven and thirteen by Morice, Dave / Word Ways
 
 
 
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