Definitions of whole number
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any of the natural numbers or zerosynonyms: integertypes:characteristicthe integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2common multiplean integer that is a multiple of two or more other integersmodulusan integer that can be divided without remainder into the difference between two other integerslarge integeran integer equal to or greater than tendouble digita two-digit integer; from 10 to 99populationthe number of inhabitants (either the total number or the number of a particular race or class) in a given place (country or city etc.)prime factorthe prime factors of a quantity are all of the prime quantities that will exactly divide the given quantityequivalent-binary-digit factorthe average number of binary digits needed to express one radix digit in a numeration system that is not binary; on the average a number that can be expressed in N decimal digits takes 3.3N binary digitscommon divisor, common factor, common measurean integer that divides two (or more) other integers evenlybinary digiteither 0 or 1 in binary notationoctal digita digit from 0 to 7 in octal notationdecimal digita digit from 0 to 9 in decimal notationduodecimal digita digit from 0 to 11 in duodecimal notationhexadecimal digita digit from 0 to 15 in hexadecimal notationsignificant digit, significant figureany digit of a number that is known with certainty; any digit of a number beginning with the leftmost non-zero digit and ending with the rightmost non-zero digit (or a zero considered to be the exact value)0, cipher, cypher, nought, zeroa mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number2, II, deuce, twothe cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number3, III, deuce-ace, leash, tercet, ternary, ternion, terzetto, three, threesome, tierce, trey, triad, trine, trinity, trio, triplet, troikathe cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one4, IV, Little Joe, four, foursome, quadruplet, quartet, quatern, quaternary, quaternion, quaternity, tetradthe cardinal number that is the sum of three and one5, Little Phoebe, Phoebe, V, cinque, fin, five, fivesome, pentad, quint, quintet, quintupletthe cardinal number that is the sum of four and one6, Captain Hicks, VI, half a dozen, hexad, sestet, sextet, sextuplet, sise, six, sixerthe cardinal number that is the sum of five and one7, VII, heptad, septenary, septet, seven, sevenerthe cardinal number that is the sum of six and one8, VIII, eight, eighter, eighter from Decatur, octad, octet, octonary, ogdoadthe cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one10, X, decade, ten, tennerthe cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal systemteensall the numbers that end in -teen1000, G, K, M, chiliad, grand, one thousand, thou, thousand, yardthe cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 1001000000, meg, million, one thousand thousandthe number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeroscrorethe number that is represented as a one followed by 7 zeros; ten million1000000000, billion, one thousand millionthe number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros1000000000000, billion, one million millionthe number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros; in the United Kingdom the usage followed in the United States is frequently seen1000000000000, one million million, trillionthe number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zerosquadrillionthe number that is represented as a one followed by 15 zerosquadrillionthe number that is represented as a one followed by 24 zerosquintillionthe number that is represented as a one followed by 18 zerossextillionthe number that is represented as a one followed by 21 zerosseptillionthe number that is represented as a one followed by 24 zerosoctillionthe number that is represented as a one followed by 27 zerostype of:numbera concept of quantity involving zero and units
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