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googologist

/ɡuːˈɡɒləd͡ʒɪst/

googologist noun: someone who studies googology (the study of large numbers).

Noun

googologist (plural googologists)

  1. Someone who studies googology (the study of large numbers).
    • Among serious googologists, an inelegant mishmash of existing numbers and functions that does little to enlarge the original large number is referred to as a "salad number" and is heavily frowned upon.2018, David J. Darling, Agnijo Banerjee, Weird Math: A Teenage Genius & His Teacher Reveal the Strange Connections Between Math & Everyday Life, New York, N.Y.: Basic Books, →ISBN, page 220

Forms of googologist

pluralgoogologists

Origin of googologist

From googol + -logist.

Questions about googologist

What does googologist mean?
Googologist means someone who studies googology (the study of large numbers).
What part of speech is googologist?
Googologist is a noun.
How do you pronounce googologist?
Googologist is pronounced /ɡuːˈɡɒləd͡ʒɪst/.
What is the plural of googologist?
The plural of googologist is googologists.

Words near googologist in the dictionary

  1. googolduplex
  2. googolfold
  3. googolgon
  4. googolgons
  5. googological
  6. googologist
  7. googologists
  8. googology
  9. googolplex
  10. googolplexes
  11. googolplexian

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