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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.
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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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