googol

GUH-guhl

Definitions

1. noun

A very large number, equal to 1 followed by 100 zeros

“The math problem required students to calculate the number of possible combinations, which was a googol.”

2. noun

A unit of quantity used to describe the number of items in a collection, especially in reference to the Google search engine results

“The search engine returned a googol of irrelevant results for the query.”

Synonyms

  • infinity
  • multitude

Antonyms

  • nothingness
  • zero