How to pronounce googolplex
American English pronunciation
GOO-gul-pleks
- IPA
- /ˈɡuɡəlˌplɛks/
- Syllables
- GOO · gul · pleks (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What googolplex means
The number 1 followed by a googol of zeros
In a sentence: Even if you wrote zeros your whole life, you could never write out a googolplex.
Where it comes from: It's googol plus -plex. The young nephew of a mathematician named Edward Kasner came up with the name, and it was first published in a 1940 book.
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