noun
- Plural of googolplex; numbers equal to 10 raised to the power of a googol (10 to the 10^100th power), representing incomprehensibly large quantities.
Usage: mathematics; theoretical/informal
Examples
- A googolplex is so large that even googolplexes pale in comparison to infinity.
- The mathematician explained that googolplexes exceed the number of atoms in the observable universe by an unimaginable margin.
- When discussing extremely large numbers, scientists sometimes reference googolplexes as a conceptual benchmark.
- The term googolplexes was coined to illustrate the limits of human comprehension of scale.