noun
- the number 10 raised to the power of a googol (10^(10^100))
Usage: mathematics
Examples
- A googolplex is so large that it cannot be written out in decimal notation.
- The concept of a googolplex was introduced by mathematician Edward Kasner.
- Even if you wrote one digit per atom in the observable universe, you couldn’t write out a googolplex.
- The googolplex is larger than the number of atoms in the known universe.
- Students often confuse a googol with a googolplex, but the latter is vastly larger.
- Writing a googolplex in standard form would require more space than exists in the universe.