googol
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Noun (1)
- a cardinal number represented as 1 followed by 100 zeros (ten raised to the power of a hundred)Type of cardinal number, cardinal
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googol
<mathematics> The number represented in base-ten by a one with a hundred zeroes after it.
According to Webster's Dictionary, the name was coined in 1938 by Milton Sirotta, the nine-year-old nephew of American mathematician, Edward Kasner.
See also googolplex.
(2001-03-29)