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googolplex

goo·gol·plex

гуголплекс

Googolplex

The number 10^ or 10^googol, ten to the power of a googolThe number 10^(10¹⁰⁰) or 10^( text )googol, ten to the power of a googol.

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UK/ˈɡuːɡəlplɛks/US/ˈɡuɡəlplɛks/

» I drank one googolplex beers last night.

Meaning

3 senses

The number 10^(10¹⁰⁰) or 10^( text )googol, ten to the power of a googol.
Googolplex
гуголплексgugolpleks
(figuratively)A countable number.
(US, nonstandard, rare)An infinitesimally small portion of land, defined for legal purposes.

Examples

3 sentences

I drank one googolplex beers last night.
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What's the largest prime number smaller than a googolplex?
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What is the largest prime number smaller than a googolplex?
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Translations

8 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

ten to the power of a googol:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

ten to the power of a googol:

Origin

From googol + -plex, coined by American mathematician Milton Sirotta in 1920 who was then

From googol + -plex, coined by American mathematician Milton Sirotta in 1920 who was then the young nephew of mathematician Edward Kasner. First published and defined in the book Mathematics and the Imagination (1940).

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