googologist

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/ɡuːˈɡɒləd͡ʒɪst/

noun

Someone who studies googology (the study of large numbers).

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Meanings

noungoogologist (plural googologists)

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

Origin

From googol + -logist.

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APA

googologist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/googologist

MLA

“googologist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/googologist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “googologist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/googologist.

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