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Taxonomy vs Googol - What's the difference?

taxonomy | googol |

As a noun taxonomy

is the science or the technique used to make a classification.

As a numeral googol is

(cardinal) the number 10100, written as 1 followed by 100 zeros.

taxonomy

English

(wikipedia taxonomy)

Noun

(taxonomies)
  • The science or the technique used to make a classification.
  • A classification; especially , a classification in a hierarchical system.
  • (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

    • Synonyms

    * alpha taxonomy

    Derived terms

    * folk taxonomy * scientific taxonomy

    See also

    * classification * rank * taxon * domain * kingdom * subkingdom * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * class * subclass * infraclass * superorder * order * suborder * infraorder * parvorder * superfamily * family * subfamily * genus * species * subspecies * superregnum * regnum * subregnum * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * classis * subclassis * infraclassis * superordo * ordo * subordo * infraordo * taxon * superfamilia * familia * subfamilia * ontology

    googol

    English

    (wikipedia googol)

    Numeral

    (en noun)
  • (cardinal) The number 10100, written as 1 followed by 100 zeros.
  • *1979 , (Steven Pinker), "Formal models of language learning", Language, Cognition, and Human Nature :
  • *:For example, in considering all the finite state grammars that use seven terminal symbols and seven auxiliary symbols (states), [...] he must test over a googol (10^100) candidates.
  • * 1980 , , chapter IX
    • If the universe were packed solid with neutrons, say, so there was no empty space anywhere, there would still only be about 10128 particles in it, quite a bit more than a googol but trivially small compared to a googolplex.

    Derived terms

    * Google * googolplex