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Look up: googol

  1. googol
    (mathematics) The number represented in base-ten by a one with a hundred zeroes after it. According to Webster's Dictionary, the name was coined in 1938 by Milton Sirotta, the nine-year-old nephew of American mathematician, Edward Kasner. See also googolplex. (2001-03-29)
    Found on http://foldoc.org/googol

  2. Googol
    10 raised to the power 100, details ...
    Found on http://www.cryer.co.uk/glossary/g/index.

  3. googol
    [n] - a cardinal number represented as 1 followed by 100 zeros (ten raised to the power of a hundred)
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. Googol
    A number equal to 10100. See also: Centillion, Decillion, Googolplex.
    Found on http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/sour

  5. googol
    the fanciful word given to a very large number: a 1 followed by 100 zeroes Category: Mathematics
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  6. googol
    googol (GOO g'l) The term googol in numerically valued as: (10100) 1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 Although not from a Greek or Latin source, this nomenclature is frequently used in mathematics for this numerical group. In the late 1930s, t...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  7. googol
    A named coined in 1938 by Milton Sirotta, the nine-year-old nephew of the mathematician Edward Kasner, when the child was asked by his uncle to come up with a name for a very large number; at the same time, googolplex was suggested for a still larger number. Kasner defined these numbers as follows: ...
    Found on http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedi

  8. Googol
    {two other uses||the Internet company|Google|other similar titles|Google (disambiguation)} A googol is the large number 10100, that is, the digit 1 followed by 100 zeros: The term was coined in 1938 by 9-year-old Milton Sirotta, nephew of American mathematician Edward Kasner. Kasner popularized the...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googol

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27 May 2012

This day in history: The Queen Mary made her maiden voyage, on the Southampton-Cherbourg-New York route, on 27 May 1936. The passenger accommodation emphasised the first two classes, cabin and tourist. The propulsion machinery of the ship produced a massive 160,000 SHP and gave it a speed of over 30 knots. Despite expectations that the ship would try to break speed records on its first voyage a thick fog destroyed any hope of this. The Queen Mary spent a short time in drydock during July whilst adjustments were made to the propellers and turbines. When the ship returned to service, in August, it made a record voyage from Bishop's Rock to Ambrose light and took the Blue Riband from the Normandie. read more

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