googols
Ten-to-the-hundredth powers
Googols is the plural of googol, the number 1 followed by 100 zeros—written as 10^100.
The term was coined by a mathematician's nine-year-old nephew and represents a quantity larger than the estimated number of atoms in the observable universe.
It exists mainly to illustrate unimaginably large numbers rather than for practical calculation: The possibilities aren't infinite, but there might as well be googols of them.
Raising to a power
- notationSystem of written symbols
- exponentSuperscript showing power
- powerEnergy transfer rate
- scientific notationNumbers times ten-powers
factorial · combinatorics · permutations · Avogadro · computation · digits · zeroes
Complete system or domain
- cosmosOrderly totality of existence
- atomsSmallest elemental units
- particlesMinute pieces of matter
- starsLuminous celestial bodies
galaxies · grains of sand · observable universe · subatomic · quantum · macrocosm · astronomical · cosmic
Overstating beyond reality
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- infinityUnlimited extent or quantity
- countlessToo numerous to count
- zillionsInformal term for countless
bajillions · umpteen · innumerable · uncountable · immeasurable · endless · limitless · boundless
Ten to the twelfth
- quadrillionTen to the fifteenth
- quintillionTen to the eighteenth
- sextillionTen to twenty-first power
- septillionTen to the twenty-fourth
octillion · nonillion · decillion · centillion · gazillion · zillion · astronomical · incomprehensible
exponentiation
Raising to a power
scientific notation · factorial · combinatorics · permutations · Avogadro · computation · digits · zeroes
universe
Complete system or domain
stars · galaxies · grains of sand · observable universe · subatomic · quantum · macrocosm · astronomical · cosmic · vastness
exaggeration
Overstating beyond reality
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- infinityUnlimited extent or quantity
- countlessToo numerous to count
zillions · bajillions · umpteen · innumerable · uncountable · immeasurable · endless · limitless · boundless · mind-boggling
trillion
Ten to the twelfth
- quadrillionTen to the fifteenth
- quintillionTen to the eighteenth
- sextillionTen to twenty-first power
septillion · octillion · nonillion · decillion · centillion · gazillion · zillion · astronomical · incomprehensible · unfathomable
googolszero
Numerical absence of quantity
infinitesimals · zilch · nothing · nil · nothingness