GOOGOL

PRONUNCIATION: (GOO-gol, -guhl)

MEANING: noun: A number equivalent to 1 followed by 100 zeros (10^100).

ETYMOLOGY: Coined by Milton Sirotta, nine-year-old nephew of the mathematician Edward Kasner. Earliest documented use: 1940.
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GOÖDOL - a very large number, but incomplete

MOOGOL - head of a large dairy conglomerate

GOOGNOL - a grand British Punch-and-Judy show
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*a googolplex is 10^googol, i.e. 1 followed by a googol zeroes