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Definition of "googolplex" [googolplex]

  • The number 10 raised to the power googol, written out as the numeral 1 followed by 10100 zeros. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "googolplex" in a sentence
  • "Employees dubbed it the Googleplex, a pun on the mathematical term googolplex, meaning an unthinkably large number."
  • "If you don't know what 'googolplex' is, allow me to explain it to you."
  • "If that's not mindboggling enough, a "googolplex" is a number with a googol number of zeros."