#number a concept of quantity derived from zero and units; "every number has a unique position in the sequence"
supertype: #definite_quantity a specific measure of amount
subtype: #coordinate__co-ordinate a number that identifies a position relative to an axis
subtype: #cartesian_coordinate__cartesiancoordinate one of the coordinates in a system of coordinates that locates a point on a plane or in space by its distance from two lines or three planes respectively; the two lines or the intersections of the three planes are the coordinate axes
subtype: #dimension.cartesian_coordinate one of three cartesian coordinates that determine a position in space
subtype: #abscissa the value of a coordinate on the horizontal axis
subtype: #ordinate the value of a coordinate on the vertical axis
subtype: #polar_coordinate__polarcoordinate either of two values that locate a point on a plane by its distance from a fixed pole and its angle from a fixed line passing through the pole
subtype: #pagination__folio__page_number__paging the system of numbering pages
subtype: #decimal a number in the decimal system
subtype: #constant a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context; "the velocity of light is a constant"
subtype: #Avogadro's_number__Avogadro_number the number of molecules in a mole of a substance (approximately 602,250,000,000,000,000,000,000)
subtype: #Boltzmann's_constant constant used in the calculation of the ideal gas constant
subtype: #coefficient a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic
subtype: #absorption_coefficient__coefficient_of_absorption__absorptance a measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance; the fraction of incident radiant energy absorbed per unit mass or thickness of an absorber: "absorptance equals 1 minus transmittance"
subtype: #drag_coefficient__coefficient_of_drag the ratio of the drag on a body moving through air to the product of the velocity and the surface area of the body
subtype: #coefficient_of_friction the ratio of the weight of an object being moved along a surface and the force that maintains contact between the object and the surface
subtype: #coefficient_of_mutual_induction__mutual_inductance a measure of the induction between two circuits; the ratio of the electromotive force in a circuit to the corresponding change of current in a neighboring circuit; usually measured in henries
subtype: #coefficient_of_self_induction__self-inductance the ratio of the electromotive force produced in a circuit by self-induction to the rate of change of current producing it, expressed in henries
subtype: #modulus__modulu (physics) a coefficient that expresses how much of a specified property is possessed by a specified substance
subtype: #coefficient_of_elasticity__modulus_of_elasticity__elastic_modulus__elasticmodulu (physics) the ratio of the applied stress to the change in shape of an elastic body
subtype: #bulk_modulus the ratio of the change in pressure acting on a volume to the fractional change in volume
subtype: #modulus_of_rigidity the coefficient of elasticity for a shearing force
subtype: #Young's_modulus__young'smodulu a coefficient of elasticity applicable to the stretching of a wire
subtype: #coefficient_of_expansion__expansivity the fractional change in length or area or volume per unit change in temperature at a given constant pressure
subtype: #coefficient_of_reflection__reflection_factor__reflectance__reflectivity the fraction of radiant energy that is reflected from a surface
subtype: #transmittance__transmission the fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance
subtype: #coefficient_of_viscosity__absolute_viscosity__dynamic_viscosity__dynamicviscosity a measure of the resistance to flow of a fluid under an applied force
subtype: #weighting__weight (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance
subtype: #cosmological_constant an arbitrary constant in the equations of general relativity theory
subtype: #equilibrium_constant__equilibriumconstant (chemistry) the ratio of concentrations when chemical equilibrium is reached in a reversible reaction (when the rate of the forward reaction equals the rate of the reverse reaction)
subtype: #dissociation_constant the equilibrium constant for a reversible dissociation
subtype: #universal_gas_constant__universalgasconstant__gas_constant__gasconstant__r (physics) the universal constant in the gas equation: pressure times volume = R times temperature; equal to 8.3143 joules per kelvin per mole
subtype: #universal_gravitational_constant__universalgravitationalconstant__gravitational_constant__gravitationalconstant__constant_of_gravitation__G (physics) the universal constant relating force to mass and distance in Newton's law of gravitation
subtype: #Hubble's_constant__Hubble_constant (cosmology) the ratio of the speed of recession of a galaxy (due to the expansion of the universe) to its distance from the observer; the reciprocal of the Hubble constant is the age of the universe
subtype: #ionic_charge__ioniccharge the charge on an ion is equal to a constant charge e multiplied by an integer from 1 to 15
subtype: #factor_of_proportionality__constant_of_proportionality the constant value of the ratio of two proportional quantities x and y; usually written y = kx, where k is the factor of proportionality
subtype: #Planck's_constant__h the constant of proportionality relating the energy of a photon to its frequency; approximately 6.626 x 10\-34 joule-second
subtype: #speed_of_light__light_speed__lightspeed__c the speed at which light travels in a vacuum; the constancy and universality of the speed of light is recognized by defining it to be exactly 299,792,458 meters per second
subtype: #oxidation_number__oxidationnumber__oxidation_state__oxidationstate 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"
subtype: #count the total number counted: "a blood count"
subtype: #complement.count a complete number or quantity: "a full complement"
subtype: #blood_count.count__bloodcount the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample
subtype: #body_count a count of troops killed in an operation or time period: "the daily body count increased as the war went on"
subtype: #head_count__headcount number of people in a particular group
subtype: #pollen_count the number of pollen grains (usually ragweed) in a standard volume of air over a twenty-four hour period and a specified time and place
subtype: #sperm_count.count__spermcount the number of sperm in an ejaculate; "the sperm count is used as an indicator of male fertility"
subtype: #factor.number any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together
subtype: #deflator a statistical factor designed to remove the effect of inflation; inflation adjusted variables are in constant dollars
subtype: #conversion_factor factor by which a quantity that is expressed in one set of units must be multiplied in order to convert it into another set of units
subtype: #factor_of_proportionality__constant_of_proportionality the constant value of the ratio of two proportional quantities x and y; usually written y = kx, where k is the factor of proportionality
subtype: #Fibonacci_number a number in the Fibonacci sequence
subtype: #prime_quantity__primequantity__prime a number that has no factor but itself and 1
subtype: #prime_number__primenumber an integer that has no integral factors but itself and 1
subtype: #score.number a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest; "the score was 7 to 0"
subtype: #bowling_score__bowlingscore the score in a bowling match
subtype: #football_score the score in a football game
subtype: #baseball_score the score of a baseball game
subtype: #basketball_score the score in a basketball game
subtype: #birdie (in golf) a score of one stroke under par on a golf hole
subtype: #bogey (in golf) a score of one stroke over par on a golf hole
subtype: #double-bogey (in golf) a score of two strokes over par for a hole
subtype: #duck's_egg__duck (in cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman
subtype: #eagle.score (in golf) a score of two strokes under par on a golf hole
subtype: #game.score the score needed to win a game; "he is serving for the game"
subtype: #love.score a score of zero in tennis or squash; "it was 40 love"
subtype: #match.score the score needed to win a match
subtype: #par (in golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course; "a par-5 hole"; "par for this course is 72"
subtype: #record.number the number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had; "at 9-0 they have the best record in their league"
subtype: #compound_number a quantity expressed in two different units; "one hour and ten minutes"
subtype: #ordinal_number__ordinalnumber__ordinal the number designating place in an ordered sequence
subtype: #number_1__first__number_one the first element in a countable series; "the first of the month"
subtype: #cardinal_number__cardinalnumber__cardinal the number of elements in a mathematical set; denotes a quantity but not the order
subtype: #absolute_frequency__frequency the number of observations in a given statistical category
subtype: #googol a cardinal number represented as 1 followed by 100 zeros (ten raised to the power of a hundred)
subtype: #googolplex a cardinal number represented as 1 followed by a googol of zeros (ten raised to the power of a googol)
subtype: #radix__base (in a digital numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place; "10 is the radix of the decimal system"
subtype: #floating-point_number a number represented in floating-point notation
subtype: #fixed-point_number__fixedpointnumber a number represented in fixed-point notation
subtype: #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
subtype: #magic_number__magicnumber the atomic number of an extra stable strongly bound atomic nucleus: 2, 8, 20, 28, 50, 82 or 126
subtype: #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
subtype: #quota a prescribed number; "all the salesmen met their quota for the month"
subtype: #lineage__linage the number of lines in a piece of printed material
subtype: #natural_number__naturalnumber the number 1 and any other number obtained by adding 1 to it repeatedly
subtype: #integer__whole_number__wholenumber any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero
subtype: #characteristic.integer the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2
subtype: #divisor.integer__factor one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer; "what are the 4 factors of 6?"
subtype: #prime_factor__primefactor the prime factors of a quantity are all of the prime quantities that will exactly divide the given quantity
subtype: #equivalent-binary-digit_factor the average number of binary digits needed to express one radix digit in a non-binary numeration system; on the average a number that can be expressed in N decimal digits takes 3.3N binary digits
subtype: #common_divisor__common_factor__common_measure an integer that divides two (or more) other integers evenly
subtype: #greatest_common_divisor__greatest_common_factor__highest_common_factor the largest integer that divides without remainder into a set of integers
subtype: #common_multiple an integer that is a multiple of two or more other integers
subtype: #modulus.integer__modulu an integer that can be divided without remainder into the difference between two other integers; "2 is a modulus of 5 and 9"
subtype: #digit__figure one of the elements that collectively form a system of numbers; "0 and 1 are digits"
subtype: #binary_digit either 0 or 1 in binary notation
subtype: #octal_digit__octaldigit a digit from 0 to 7 in octal notation
subtype: #decimal_digit__decimaldigit a digit from 0 to 9 in decimal notation
subtype: #significant_digit__significantdigit__significant_figure__significantfigure any 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); "he calculated the answer to four significant figures"
subtype: #zero__0__nought__cipher__cypher a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
subtype: #1__one__i__ace__unity the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number; "he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"; "they had lunch at one"
subtype: #monas__mona__monad a singular metaphysical entity from which material properties are said to derive
subtype: #singleton.1__singleton a single object (as distinguished from a pair)
subtype: #two__2__II__deuce the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
subtype: #craps__crap__snake_eyes when two dice are thrown and both come up showing one spot the results is called `craps' or `snake eyes'
subtype: #doubleton__couple__pair__twosome__twain__brace__span__yoke__couplet__distich__duo__duet__dyad__duad two items of the same kind
subtype: #three__3__III__trio__threesome__tierce__leash__troika__triad__trine__trinity__ternary__ternion__triplet__tercet__terzetto__trey__deuce-ace__deuceace the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
subtype: #four__4__IV__tetrad__quatern__quaternion__quaternary__quaternity__quartet__quadruplet__foursome__Little_Joe the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
subtype: #five__5__V__cinque__quint__quintet__fivesome__quintuplet__pentad__fin__phoebe__Little_Phoebe the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
subtype: #six__VI__sixer__sise__Captain_Hicks__half_a_dozen__sextet__sestet__sextuplet__hexad the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
subtype: #seven__7__VII__sevener__septet the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one
subtype: #eight__8__viii__eighter__eighterfromdecatur__octad__ogdoad__octonary__octet the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
subtype: #nine__9__IX__niner__Nina_from_Carolina__ennead the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
subtype: #large_integer__largeinteger an integer equal to or greater than ten
subtype: #ten__X__tenner__decade the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
subtype: #eleven__11__XI the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one
subtype: #twelve__12__XII__dozen the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
subtype: #boxcars__boxcar (usually plural) when two dice are thrown and both come up showing six spots the result is called `boxcars'
subtype: #teens.large_integer__teen all the numbers that end in -teen
subtype: #thirteen__13__XIII__baker's_dozen__baker'sdozen__long_dozen the cardinal number that is the sum of twelve and one
subtype: #fourteen__14__XIV the cardinal number that is the sum of thirteen and one
subtype: #fifteen__15__XV the cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one
subtype: #sixteen__16__XVI the cardinal number that is the sum of fifteen and one
subtype: #seventeen__17__XVII the cardinal number that is the sum of sixteen and one
subtype: #eighteen__18__XVIII the cardinal number that is the sum of seventeen and one
subtype: #nineteen__19__XIX the cardinal number that is the sum of eighteen and one
subtype: #twenty__20__XX the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
subtype: #21__twenty-one__XXI the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty and one
subtype: #twenty-two__22__XXII the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-one and one
subtype: #twenty-three__23__XXIII the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-two and one
subtype: #twenty-four__24__XXIV__two_dozen__twodozen the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-three and one
subtype: #twenty-five__25__XXV the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-four and one
subtype: #twenty-six__26__XXVI the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-five and one
subtype: #twenty-seven__27__XXVII the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-six and one
subtype: #twenty-eight__28__XXVIII the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-seven and one
subtype: #twenty-nine__29__XXIX the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-eight and one
subtype: #thirty__30__XXX the cardinal number that is the product of ten and three
subtype: #forty__40__XL the cardinal number that is the product of ten and four
subtype: #fifty__50__L the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five
subtype: #sixty__60__LX the cardinal number that is the product of ten and six
subtype: #seventy__LXX the cardinal number that is the product of ten and seven
subtype: #eighty__80__LXXX__fourscore the cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight
subtype: #ninety__90__XC the cardinal number that is the product of ten and nine
subtype: #hundred__100__C__century__one_C__centred ten 10s
subtype: #gross__gros twelve dozen
subtype: #long_hundred__great_hundred__greathundred__120 the cardinal number that is the product of ten and twelve
subtype: #five_hundred__500__D the cardinal number that is the product of one hundred and five
subtype: #one_thousand__onethousand__thousand__1000__M__K__chiliad__G__grand__thou__yard the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
subtype: #great_gross__greatgros__1728 a cardinal number equal to one dozen gross
subtype: #ten_thousand__tenthousand__10000__myriad the cardinal number that is the product of ten and one thousand
subtype: #hundred_thousand__hundredthousand__100000__lakh the cardinal number that is the fifth power of ten
subtype: #million__1000000__onethousandthousand__meg the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros
subtype: #crore (in Indian English) the number that is represented as a one followed by 7 zeros
subtype: #one_thousand_million__billion__1000000000 (in the United States) the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros
subtype: #milliard (British) a billion; "in England they call one thousand million a milliard"
subtype: #billion__one_million_million__onemillionmillion__1000000000000 (in Britain) the number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros
subtype: #one_million_million__onemillionmillion__trillion__1000000000000 (in the United States and France) the number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros; "in England they call a trillion a billion"
subtype: #trillion__one_million_million_million__onemillionmillionmillion (in Britain and Germany) the number that is represented as a one followed by 18 zeros; "in England they call a quintillion a trillion"
subtype: #quadrillion (in the United States and France) the number that is represented as a one followed by 15 zeros
subtype: #quadrillion.large_integer (in Britain and Germany) the number that is represented as a one followed by 24 zeros; "in England they call a septillion a quadrillion"
subtype: #quintillion (in the United States and France) the number that is represented as a one followed by 18 zeros
subtype: #aleph-null__alephnull__aleph-nought__alephnought__aleph-zero__alephzero the smallest infinite integer
subtype: #double_digit a two-digit integer; from 10 to 99
subtype: #population.integer the number of inhabitants in a given place (country or city etc.); "people come and go, but the population of this town has remained approximately constant for the past decade"
subtype: #addend a number that is added to another number (the augend)
subtype: #augend a number to which another number (the addend) is added
subtype: #minuend the number from which the subtrahend is subtracted
subtype: #subtrahend the number to be subtracted from the minuend
subtype: #complex_number__complexnumber__complex_quantity__complexquantity__imaginary_number__imaginarynumber a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1
subtype: #real_number__real any rational or irrational number
subtype: #scalar_product__inner_product__innerproduct__dot_product__dotproduct a real number (a scalar) that is the product of two vectors
subtype: #rational_number an integer or a fraction
subtype: #fraction the quotient of two rational numbers
subtype: #mantissa__fixed-point_part__fixedpointpart the positive fractional part of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the mantissa is .808
subtype: #common_fraction__simple_fraction the quotient of two integers
subtype: #half__one-half__onehalf one of two equal parts of a divisible whole; "half a loaf" or "half an hour" or "a century and one half"
subtype: #fifty_percent__fiftypercent a half expressed as a percentage
subtype: #mediety__moiety one of two (approximately) equal parts
subtype: #one-third__onethird__third__tierce one of three equal parts of a divisible whole; "it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement"
subtype: #two-thirds two of three equal parts of a divisible whole
subtype: #one-fourth__onefourth__fourth__quarter__fourth_part__twenty-five_percent__quartern one of four equal parts; "a quarter of a pound"
subtype: #three-fourths__threefourth three of four equal parts; "three-fourths of a pound"
subtype: #one-fifth__onefifth__fifth__fifth_part__fifthpart__twenty_percent a fifth part
subtype: #one-sixth__onesixth__sixth a sixth part
subtype: #one-seventh__oneseventh__seventh a seventh part
subtype: #one-eighth__oneeighth__eighth an eighth part
subtype: #one-ninth__oneninth__ninth a ninth part
subtype: #one-tenth__onetenth__tenth__tenthpart__ten_percent__tenpercent a tenth part; one part in ten
subtype: #one-hundredth__onehundredth__hundredth__onepercent one part in a hundred
subtype: #one-thousandth__onethousandth__thousandth one part in a thousand
subtype: #one-millionth__onemillionth__millionth one part in a million
subtype: #one-billionth__onebillionth__billionth one part in a billion
subtype: #one-trillionth__onetrillionth__trillionth one part in a trillion
subtype: #one-quadrillionth__onequadrillionth__quadrillionth one part in a quadrillion
subtype: #one-quintillionth__quintillionth one part in a quintillion
subtype: #improper_fraction a fraction whose numerator is larger than the denominator
subtype: #proper_fraction__properfraction a fraction with a numerator smaller than the denominator
subtype: #decimal_fraction__decimalfraction__decimal a proper fraction whose denominator is a power of 10
subtype: #circulating_decimal__circulatingdecimal__recurring_decimal__recurringdecimal__repeating_decimal__repeatingdecimal a decimal with a sequence of digits that repeats itself indefinitely
subtype: #complex_fraction__complexfraction__compoundfraction a fraction with fractions in the numerator or denominator
subtype: #continued_fraction__continuedfraction a fraction whose numerator is an integer and whose denominator is an integer plus a fraction whose numerator is an integer and whose denominator is an integer plus a fraction and so on
subtype: #irrational_number a real number that cannot be expressed as a rational number
subtype: #transcendental_number an irrational number that is not algebraic
subtype: #algebraic_number__algebraicnumber root of an algebraic equation with rational coefficients
subtype: #3.14159265358979323846...__pi the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle
subtype: #e__2.718282... the base of the natural system of logarithms
subtype: #pure_imaginary_number an imaginary number of the form a+bi where a is 0
subtype: #imaginary_part_of_a_complex_number__imaginary_part__imaginarypart the part of a complex number that has the square root of -1 as a factor
subtype: #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"
subtype: #third_power__thirdpower__cube the product of three equal terms
subtype: #biquadrate__biquadratic__quartic__fourth_power an algebraic equation of the fourth degree
subtype: #root.number a number that when multiplied by itself some number of times equals a given number
subtype: #square_root a number that when multiplied by itself equals a given number
subtype: #cube_root a number that when multiplied three times equals a given number
subtype: #dividend.number a number to be divided by another number
subtype: #numerator the dividend of a fraction
subtype: #divisor the number by which a dividend is divided
subtype: #denominator the divisor of a fraction
subtype: #common_denominator.denominator__commondenominator an integer that is a common multiple of the denominators of two or more fractions
subtype: #aliquot_part__aliquotpart__aliquot an integer that is an exact divisor of some quantity; "4 is an aliquot part of 12"
subtype: #aliquant_part__aliquant an integer that is not an exact divisor of some quantity; "5 is an aliquant part of 12"
subtype: #multiplier_factor__multiplier the number by which a multiplicand is multiplied
subtype: #scale_factor__scalefactor a number used as a multiplier in scaling
subtype: #time-scale_factor (in simulation) the ratio of the simulation time to the time of the real process
subtype: #multiplicand the number that is multiplied by the multiplier
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