number
Webster Dictionary
to give or apply a number or numbers to; to assign the place of in a series by order of number; to designate the place of by a number or numeral; as, to number the houses in a street, or the apartments in a building
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product
Webster Dictionary
the number or sum obtained by adding one number or quantity to itself as many times as there are units in another number; the number resulting from the multiplication of two or more number.. as, the product of the multiplication of 7 by 5 is 35. In general, the result of any kind of multiplication. See the Note under Multiplication
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quotient
Webster Dictionary
the number resulting from the division of one number by another, and showing how often a less number is contained in a greater; thus, the quotient of twelve divided by four is three
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baryon number
(baryon number)
Princeton's WordNet
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
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population
(population)
Princeton's WordNet
the number of inhabitants (either the total number or the number of a particular race or class) in a given place (country or city etc.)
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multiply
Webster Dictionary
to add (any given number or quantity) to itself a certain number of times; to find the product of by multiplication; thus 7 multiplied by 8 produces the number 56; to multiply two number.. See the Note under Multiplication
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residue
Webster Dictionary
any positive or negative number that differs from a given number by a multiple of a given modulus; thus, if 7 is the modulus, and 9 the given number, the numbers -5, 2, 16, 23, etc., are residues
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singular
Webster Dictionary
the singular number, or the number denoting one person or thing; a word in the singular number
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root
(root)
Princeton's WordNet
a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number
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divisor
(ɪˈvaɪ zər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a number contained in another given number.. certain integral number of times, without a remainder.
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submultiple
(ʌbˈmʌl tə pəl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a number that is contained by another number an integral number of times without a remainder:
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measure
Webster Dictionary
a number which is contained in a given number.. number of times without a remainder; as in the phrases, the common measure, the greatest common measure, etc., of two or more numbers
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multiple
(ˈmʌl tə pəl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a number that contains another number an integral number of times without a remainder:
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haplostemonous
Webster Dictionary
having but one series of stamens, and that equal in number to the proper number of petals; isostemonous
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score
Webster Dictionary
the number twenty, as being marked off by a special score or tally; hence, in pl., a large number
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dual
Webster Dictionary
expressing, or consisting of, the number two; belonging to two; as, the dual number of nouns, etc. , in Greek
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count
Webster Dictionary
to tell or name one by one, or by groups, for the purpose of ascertaining the whole number of units in a collection; to number; to enumerate; to compute; to reckon
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harmonic
Webster Dictionary
a musical note produced by a number of vibrations which is a multiple of the number producing some other; an overtone. See Harmonics
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give
Webster Dictionary
to exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to show; as, the number of men, divided by the number of ships, gives four hundred to each ship
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number
Webster Dictionary
a numeral; a word or character denoting a number; as, to put a number on a door
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integer
Webster Dictionary
a complete entity; a whole number, in contradistinction to a fraction or a mixed number
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thrave
Webster Dictionary
the number of two dozen; also, an indefinite number; a bunch; a company; a throng
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multiplicand
Webster Dictionary
the number which is to be multiplied by another number called the multiplier. See Note under Multiplication
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numeral
Webster Dictionary
expressing number; representing number; as, numeral letters or characters, as X or 10 for ten
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law of large numbers
(ɔn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the theorem in probability theory that the number of successes increases as the number of experiments increases and approximates the probability times the number of experiments for a large number of experiments.
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normal
Webster Dictionary
denoting a solution of such strength that every cubic centimeter contains the same number of milligrams of the element in question as the number of its molecular weight
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myriad
Webster Dictionary
an immense number; a very great many; an indefinitely large number
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amongst
Webster Dictionary
conjoined, or associated with, or making part of the number of; in the number or class of
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variation
Webster Dictionary
one of the different arrangements which can be made of any number of quantities taking a certain number of them together
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case-fatality proportion
(case-fatality proportion)
Princeton's WordNet
the number of cases of a disease ending in death divided by the number of cases of the disease; usually expressed as a percentage or as the number of deaths per 1000 cases
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