Definitions

googol

[goo-gawl, -gol, -guhl] / ˈgu gɔl, -gɒl, -gəl /

NOUN

number

Synonyms

STRONGEST

figure statistic sum total

STRONG

cardinal character cipher count decimal denominator digit emblem folio fraction integer numeral numerator ordinal prime representation sign symbol

WEAK

chiffer whole number

Antonyms

STRONGEST

part

WEAK

letter one

Example Sentences

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Is googol a number any actual layperson has ever needed to use?

From Scientific American • Jun. 16, 2022

Of Google, she says it can be an “an empty vessel who don’t know what a googol is.”

From Forbes • Oct. 14, 2013

Science with humanity is googol times more amazing.

From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2013

Only geeks know googol is math speak for the digit one followed by one hundred zeros.

From Inc • May 23, 2013

It is ten to the power of a googol—that is, a one followed by a googol zeros.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan