different between thousandfold vs googolfold

English

Etymology

From Middle English thusendfold, thusendfeld, from Old English þ?sendfeald, from Proto-Germanic *þ?sund?falþaz, corresponding to thousand +? -fold. Cognate with Dutch duizendvoud, duizendvoudig, German tausendfältig, Danish tusindfold, Swedish tusendfalt, tusendfaltig, Icelandic þúsundfalt.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??a?z?ndf??ld/

Adjective

thousandfold (not comparable)

1. Multiplied by one thousand (1000), repeated a thousand times.

   The changes to the algorithm resulted in a thousandfold increase in efficiency, earning the engineer a small brass plaque.

2. Having one thousand parts or members.

Translations

Adverb

thousandfold (not comparable)

1. By a factor of a thousand.

Translations

English

Etymology

From googol +? -fold.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??u???lfo?ld/

Adverb

googolfold (not comparable)

1. (rare) By a factor of one googol.

Related terms

• hundredfold
• thousandfold
• millionfold
• billionfold
• trillionfold
• quadrillionfold
• quintillionfold
• sextillionfold
• septillionfold
• octillionfold