googol

== English == === Etymology === 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). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡuː.ɡəl/, /ˈɡuː.ɡɒl/ (General American) enPR: go͞o′gəl, go͞o′gŏl, IPA(key): /ˈɡu.ɡəl/, /ˈɡu.ɡɑl/ Rhymes: -uːɡəl Homophones: google, Google === Numeral === googol (plural googols) The number 10 100 {\displaystyle 10^{100}} , or ten to the power of a hundred. Equivalent to ten duotrigintillion (short scale), or ten sexdecilliard (long scale). [from 1920.] ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== “googol”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. “googol”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. == Finnish == === Etymology === From English googol. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡoːɡol/, [ˈɡo̞ːɡo̞l] Rhymes: -oːɡol Syllabification(key): goo‧gol Hyphenation(key): goo‧gol === Numeral === googol googol ==== Declension ==== == Portuguese == === Numeral === googol m (plural googols) googol (1 followed by 100 zeros)