googologist en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɡuːˈɡɒləd͡ʒɪst/
Etymology
From googol + -logist.
Meanings
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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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| googologists | Number=Plur | lexicographic |