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| n. (attribute) | 1. figure, number | the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals.; "he had a number of chores to do"; "the number of parameters is small"; "the figure was about a thousand" |
| ~ amount | the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion.; "an adequate amount of food for four people" |
| ~ numerosity, numerousness, multiplicity | a large number. |
| ~ preponderance, prevalence | a superiority in numbers or amount.; "a preponderance of evidence against the defendant" |
| ~ countlessness, innumerableness | a number beyond counting. |
| ~ bulk, majority | the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part.; "the majority of his customers prefer it"; "the bulk of the work is finished" |
| ~ minority | being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts.; "when the vote was taken they were in the minority"; "he held a minority position" |
| ~ fewness | the quality of being small in number. |
| ~ roundness | the quality of being round numbers.; "he gave us the results in round numbers, but their roundness didn't affect the point he was making" |
| n. (quantity) | 2. number | a concept of quantity involving zero and units.; "every number has a unique position in the sequence" |
| ~ arity | the number of arguments that a function can take. |
| ~ co-ordinate, coordinate | a number that identifies a position relative to an axis. |
| ~ folio, page number, pagination, paging | the system of numbering pages. |
| ~ definite quantity | a specific measure of amount. |
| ~ decimal | a number in the decimal system. |
| ~ constant | a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context.; "the velocity of light is a constant" |
| ~ oxidation number, oxidation state | the degree of oxidation of an atom or ion or molecule; for simple atoms or ions the oxidation number is equal to the ionic charge.; "the oxidation number of hydrogen is +1 and of oxygen is -2" |
| ~ cardinality | (mathematics) the number of elements in a set or group (considered as a property of that grouping). |
| ~ count | the total number counted.; "a blood count" |
| ~ factor | any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together. |
| ~ fibonacci number | a number in the Fibonacci sequence. |
| ~ prime, prime quantity | a number that has no factor but itself and 1. |
| ~ composite number | an integer that is divisible without remainder by at least one positive integer other than itself and one. |
| ~ score | a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest.; "the score was 7 to 0" |
| ~ record | the number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had.; "at 9-0 they have the best record in their league" |
| ~ compound number | a quantity expressed in two different units.; "one hour and ten minutes" |
| ~ no., ordinal, ordinal number | the number designating place in an ordered sequence. |
| ~ cardinal number, cardinal | the number of elements in a mathematical set; denotes a quantity but not the order. |
| ~ radix, base | (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place.; "10 is the radix of the decimal system" |
| ~ floating-point number | a number represented in floating-point notation. |
| ~ fixed-point number | a number represented in fixed-point notation. |
| ~ atomic number | the order of an element in Mendeleyev's table of the elements; equal to the number of protons in the nucleus or electrons in the neutral state of an atom of an element. |
| ~ baryon number | a number equal to the difference between the number of baryons and the number of antibaryons in any subatomic structure; it is conserved in all types of particle interactions. |
| ~ quota | a prescribed number.; "all the salesmen met their quota for the month" |
| ~ linage, lineage | the number of lines in a piece of printed material. |
| ~ natural number | the number 1 and any other number obtained by adding 1 to it repeatedly. |
| ~ integer, whole number | any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero.; "an integer is a number that is not a fraction" |
| ~ addend | a number that is added to another number (the augend). |
| ~ augend | a number to which another number (the addend) is added. |
| ~ minuend | the number from which the subtrahend is subtracted. |
| ~ subtrahend | the number to be subtracted from the minuend. |
| ~ remainder, difference | the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend. |
| ~ complex number, complex quantity, imaginary, imaginary number | (mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1. |
| ~ second power, square | the product of two equal terms.; "nine is the second power of three"; "gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance" |
| ~ third power, cube | the product of three equal terms. |
| ~ biquadrate, biquadratic, fourth power, quartic | an algebraic equation of the fourth degree. |
| ~ root | a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number. |
| ~ dividend | a number to be divided by another number. |
| ~ divisor | the number by which a dividend is divided. |
| ~ quotient | the number obtained by division. |
| ~ remainder | the part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor. |
| ~ multiplier, multiplier factor | the number by which a multiplicand is multiplied. |
| ~ multiplicand | the number that is multiplied by the multiplier. |
| n. (communication) | 3. act, bit, number, routine, turn | a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program.; "he did his act three times every evening"; "she had a catchy little routine"; "it was one of the best numbers he ever did" |
| ~ performance, public presentation | a dramatic or musical entertainment.; "they listened to ten different performances"; "the play ran for 100 performances"; "the frequent performances of the symphony testify to its popularity" |
| ~ show-stopper, showstopper, stopper | an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down. |
| n. (communication) | 4. number, phone number, telephone number | the number is used in calling a particular telephone.; "he has an unlisted number" |
| ~ signal, signaling, sign | any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message.; "signals from the boat suddenly stopped" |
| n. (communication) | 5. number, numeral | a symbol used to represent a number.; "he learned to write the numerals before he went to school" |
| ~ symbol | an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance. |
| ~ arabic numeral, hindu-arabic numeral, hindu numeral | one of the symbols 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0. |
| ~ roman numeral | a symbol in the old Roman notation; I,V,X,L,C,D,M represent 1,5,10,50,100,500,1000 respectively in Arabic notation. |
| ~ antilog, antilogarithm | the number of which a given number is the logarithm. |
| n. (communication) | 6. issue, number | one of a series published periodically.; "she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room" |
| ~ periodical | a publication that appears at fixed intervals. |
| ~ serial publication, serial, series | a periodical that appears at scheduled times. |
| ~ edition | an issue of a newspaper.; "he read it in yesterday's edition of the Times" |
| n. (group) | 7. number | a select company of people.; "I hope to become one of their number before I die" |
| ~ company | a social gathering of guests or companions.; "the house was filled with company when I arrived" |
| n. (communication) | 8. identification number, number | a numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification.; "she refused to give them her Social Security number" |
| ~ aba transit number, bank identification number, bin | an identification number consisting of a two-part code assigned to banks and savings associations; the first part shows the location and the second identifies the bank itself. |
| ~ license number, registration number | the number on the license plate that identifies the car that bears it. |
| ~ social security number | the number of a particular individual's Social Security account. |
| ~ positive identification | evidence proving that you are who you say you are; evidence establishing that you are among the group of people already known to the system; recognition by the system leads to acceptance.; "a system for positive identification can prevent the use of a single identity by several people" |
| ~ personal identification number, pin number, pin | a number you choose and use to gain access to various accounts. |
| n. (attribute) | 9. number | a clothing measurement.; "a number 13 shoe" |
| ~ size | the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing).; "he wears a size 13 shoe" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| n. (communication) | 10. number | the grammatical category for the forms of nouns and pronouns and verbs that are used depending on the number of entities involved (singular or dual or plural).; "in English the subject and the verb must agree in number" |
| ~ grammatical category, syntactic category | (grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties. |
| n. (artifact) | 11. number | an item of merchandise offered for sale.; "she preferred the black nylon number"; "this sweater is an all-wool number" |
| ~ merchandise, product, ware | commodities offered for sale.; "good business depends on having good merchandise"; "that store offers a variety of products" |
| v. (stative) | 12. add up, amount, come, number, total | add up in number or quantity.; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000" |
| ~ work out | be calculated.; "The fees work out to less than $1,000" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| ~ outnumber | be larger in number. |
| ~ average, average out | amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain.; "The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40" |
| ~ make | add up to.; "four and four make eight" |
| v. (communication) | 13. number | give numbers to.; "You should number the pages of the thesis" |
| ~ paginate, page, foliate | number the pages of a book or manuscript. |
| ~ denominate, designate | assign a name or title to. |
| v. (communication) | 14. list, number | enumerate.; "We must number the names of the great mathematicians" |
| ~ itemise, itemize | place on a list of items.; "itemize one's tax deductions" |
| ~ identify, name | give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property.; "Many senators were named in connection with the scandal"; "The almanac identifies the auspicious months" |
| v. (stative) | 15. count, number | put into a group.; "The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members" |
| ~ class, classify, sort out, assort, sort, separate | arrange or order by classes or categories.; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?" |
| v. (communication) | 16. count, enumerate, number, numerate | determine the number or amount of.; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change" |
| ~ recount | count again.; "We had to recount all the votes after an accusation of fraud was made" |
| ~ ascertain, determine, find out, find | establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study.; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize" |
| ~ miscount | count wrongly. |
| ~ census | conduct a census.; "They censused the deer in the forest" |
| ~ add together, summate, tot, tot up, tote up, add up, sum, total, sum up, tally, add | determine the sum of.; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town" |
| v. (change) | 17. keep down, number | place a limit on the number of. |
| ~ circumscribe, confine, limit | restrict or confine,.; "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day" |
| enumerate | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. enumerate, itemise, itemize, recite | specify individually.; "She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered"; "The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug" |
| ~ list, name | give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of.; "List the states west of the Mississippi" |
| ~ identify, name | give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property.; "Many senators were named in connection with the scandal"; "The almanac identifies the auspicious months" |
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