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gogol

gogol is the misspelling of googol.

Meaning of googol

Numeral

googol (plural googols)

  1. The number 10¹⁰⁰, or ten to the power of a hundred. Equivalent to ten duotrigintillion (short scale), or ten sexdecilliard (long scale).
    • Words of wisdom are spoken by children at least as often as by scientists. The name "googol" was invented by a child (Dr. Kasner's nine-year-old nephew) who was asked to think up a name for a very big number, namely, 1 with a hundred zeros after it. He was very certain that this number was not...1940, Edward Kasner, James [Roy] Newman, “New Names for Old”, in Mathematics and the Imagination, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →OCLC, page 23

Proper noun capitalized: Gogol

Gogol

  1. A Russian and Ukrainian surname.

Origin of gogol

From Russian Го́голь (Gógolʹ) and Ukrainian Го́голь (Hóholʹ). The surname is from Ukrainian го́голь (hóholʹ, “common goldeneye, Bucephala clangula”) < Proto-Slavic *gogolь. Compare Russian го́голь (gógolʹ), Belarusian го́галь (hóhalʹ), Old East Slavic гоголь (gogolĭ), Polish gogol.

Words formed from gogol

Questions about gogol

What does gogol mean?
Gogol means a Russian and Ukrainian surname.
What is gogol the misspelling of?
Gogol is the misspelling of googol.
What part of speech is gogol?
Gogol is a proper noun.

Words near gogol in the dictionary

  1. Gogmagog
  2. gogo
  3. Gogo-Yimidjir
  4. gogobera
  5. gogoberas
  6. gogol
  7. Gogolesque
  8. Gogolian
  9. Gogon
  10. gogos
  11. gogotte

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