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}
The googolplex is a specific finite number, with so many zeros after the 1 that the number of zeros is a googol.—
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Count to a googolplex of googols multiplied by many more googols.
—Big Think, 25 Nov. 2025
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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Big Think, 25 Nov. 2025
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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“Googolplex.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/googolplex. Accessed 3 Dec. 2025.
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