googolplex
Beyond astronomical quantity
A googolplex is 10 raised to the power of a googol—that is, 10 to the 10 to the 100th power, or a 1 followed by a googol zeros.
The number is so vast it cannot be written out in standard notation; there aren't enough atoms in the observable universe to represent each digit.
Like googol, the term was coined playfully but serves to illustrate magnitudes beyond practical comprehension.
State of being immense
- immensityLimitless extent or magnitude
- enormityGrave wickedness or immensity
- incomprehensibleImpossible to understand
- unfathomableBeyond comprehension or measurement
immeasurable · boundless · infinite · colossal · astronomical · mind-boggling · unimaginable · stupendous
Raising to a power
- powerEnergy transfer rate
- notationSystem of written symbols
- tenBase of decimals
- integerNumber lacking fractions
calculation · digit · factorial · combinatorics · permutation · numeral · quantity
Distilling to essential qualities
- conceptualOf or relating to ideas
- infinityUnlimited extent or quantity
- impracticalNot suited for use
- philosophicalConcerned with fundamental truths
theoretical · idealized · hypothetical · Platonism · paradox · countable · uncountable · cardinality
Overstating beyond reality
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- incomprehensibleImpossible to understand
- mind-blowingOverwhelmingly impressive or shocking
- astronomicalRelating to outer space
unthinkable · rhetorical · illustration · dramatization · emphasis · countless · zillion · bazillion
Complete system or domain
- atomsSmallest elemental units
- particlesMinute pieces of matter
- starsLuminous celestial bodies
- galaxiesGravitationally bound stellar assemblies
multiverse · cosmos · space-time · entropy · Planck · combinatorics · cosmic · astrophysics
vastness
State of being immense
- immensityLimitless extent or magnitude
- enormityGrave wickedness or immensity
- incomprehensibleImpossible to understand
unfathomable · immeasurable · boundless · infinite · colossal · astronomical · mind-boggling · unimaginable · stupendous · gargantuan
exponentiation
Raising to a power
integer · calculation · digit · factorial · combinatorics · permutation · numeral · quantity
abstraction
Distilling to essential qualities
- conceptualOf or relating to ideas
- infinityUnlimited extent or quantity
- impracticalNot suited for use
philosophical · theoretical · idealized · hypothetical · Platonism · paradox · countable · uncountable · cardinality · Cantor
exaggeration
Overstating beyond reality
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- incomprehensibleImpossible to understand
- mind-blowingOverwhelmingly impressive or shocking
astronomical · unthinkable · rhetorical · illustration · dramatization · emphasis · countless · zillion · bazillion · gazillion
universe
Complete system or domain
galaxies · multiverse · cosmos · space-time · entropy · Planck · combinatorics · cosmic · astrophysics
- quantitiessome, many, few, amount, several
- large numbersmillion, billion, trillion, quadrillion, quintillion
- math constantspi, e, phi, golden ratio, tau