googolplex

[ goo-gawl-pleks, -gol-, -guhl- ]

noun

1. a number that is equal to 1 followed by a googol of zeros and expressed as .

googolplex

/ ˈɡuːɡɒlˌplɛks; -ɡəl- /

noun

1. the number represented as one followed by a googol (10 ¹⁰⁰) of zeros

googolplex

/ go̅o̅′gôl-plĕks′ /

1. The number 10 raised to the power googol, written out as the numeral 1 followed by a googol (10 ¹⁰⁰) of zeros.

Word History and Origins

Origin of googolplex¹

First recorded in 1935–40; googol + -plex

Word History and Origins

Origin of googolplex¹

C20: from googol + ( du ) plex

Example Sentences

Some Democrats have advanced legislation to effectively eliminate the debt ceiling by raising it to an impossibly high number, such as googolplex.

From Washington Post

If a googol seems large, consider a googolplex.

From Literature

One night, after what felt like a googolplex inventions, I went to Dad’s closet.

From Literature

A googolplex is 10 raised to the googol power, so it has approximately a googol digits.

From Scientific American

He was a mathematical genius, the man who popularized the terms “googol” and “googolplex” in a 1940 book, written with Edward Kasner, called “Mathematics and the Imagination.”

From New York Times