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googol

/ˈɡuː.ɡəl/ UK
/ˈɡuː.ɡɒl/ UK
/ˈɡu.ɡəl/ US
/ˈɡu.ɡɑl/ US

Sounds like google, Google (one pronunciation) · Rhymes with -uːɡəl

Where it comes from

Coined by nine-year-old Milton Sirotta in 1920, nephew of American mathematician Edward Kasner, who had asked Milton to think of a name for the 100th power of ten. The word was first published in the book Mathematics and the Imagination (1940).

number googols

The number 10¹⁰⁰, or ten to the power of a hundred. Equivalent to ten duotrigintillion (short scale), or ten sexdecilliard (long scale). Words of wisdom are spoken by children at least as often as by scientists. The name "googol" was invented by a child (Dr. Kasner's nine-year-old nephew) who was asked to think up a name for a very big number, namely, 1 with a hundred zeros after it. He was very certain that this number was not infin

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num 1 followed by 100 zeros

Español	gúgol
한국어	구골 gugol
日本語	グーゴル gūgoru
中文	古高爾 /古高尔 gǔgāo'ěr
Português	googol
Français	gogol
Deutsch	Googol
Ελληνικά	γκούγκολ gkoúgkol, δέκα τριακονταδίς εκατομμύρια déka triakontadís ekatommýria
Русский	гугол gugol
עברית	גוגול

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"googol." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/googol. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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googol. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/googol

Chicago

"googol." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/googol.

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@misc{googol_2026,
  title = {googol},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/googol},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}