googolplex
noun
goo·gol·plex
ˈgü-ˌgȯl-ˌpleks 
: the figure 10 to the power of googol equal to {latex}10^{googol}{/latex} or {latex}10^{10^{100}}{/latex}
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There is also a googolplex, a number that can only be theoretically written, which is one raised to the power of googol.
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Matt Ford, The New Republic, 19 Oct. 2022
Perusing this book will leave readers with awe, enough fun facts for many cocktail parties, and a deep appreciation for mathematicians like Padilla who can explain how understanding a googolplex leads us to the existence of doppelgängers.
—Amy Brady, Scientific American, 16 June 2022
A googolplex is written as a 1 followed by a googol zeros.
—WIRED, 16 May 2017
Matt Ford, The New Republic, 19 Oct. 2022
Perusing this book will leave readers with awe, enough fun facts for many cocktail parties, and a deep appreciation for mathematicians like Padilla who can explain how understanding a googolplex leads us to the existence of doppelgängers.
—Amy Brady, Scientific American, 16 June 2022
A googolplex is written as a 1 followed by a googol zeros.
—WIRED, 16 May 2017
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Word History
First Known Use
1937, in the meaning defined above
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“Googolplex.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/googolplex. Accessed 6 Dec. 2023.
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