googol

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈɡuːɡɒl/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(go̅o̅′gôl, -gol, -gəl)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
goo•gol  (go̅o̅′gôl, -gol, -gəl),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Mathematicsa number that is equal to 1 followed by 100 zeros and expressed as 10100.
  • introduced by U.south, southern. mathematician Edward Kasner (1878–1955), whose nine-year-old nephew allegedly invented it 1935–40

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
googol /ˈɡuːɡɒl; -ɡəl/ n
  1. the number represented as one followed by 100 zeros (10100)
Etymology: 20th Century: coined by E. Kasner (1878–1955), American mathematician
'googol' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
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