"googillion" meaning in All languages combined

See googillion on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: googillions [plural]
Etymology: From googol + -illion, which would imply a very large power of ten. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|googol|illion}} googol + -illion Head templates: {{en-noun}} googillion (plural googillions)
  1. (informal, hyperbolic) An indefinitely large number. Tags: excessive, informal

Inflected forms

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          "text": "1996 February 18, John Carl Pryor, “Re: A New Theory of Free Will -- continuation of an Open Letter to Professor Penrose”, alt.philosophy.objectivism, alt.sci.physics.new-theories, sci.physics, comp.ai, comp.ai.philosophy, sci.philosophy.meta, alt.memetics, and alt.extropians, Usenet\nThus what measurement outside of time and space do we use to measure time and space themselves? […] And what man can possibly project his mind beyond all space and time to make an objective measure and pronounce, \"the universe is a googillion years old\"."
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