120

 Dictionary entry overview: What does 120 mean? 

• 120 (noun)
  The noun 120 has 1 sense:

1. the cardinal number that is the product of ten and twelve

  Familiarity information: 120 used as a noun is very rare.

• 120 (adjective)
  The adjective 120 has 1 sense:

1. being ten more than one hundred ten

  Familiarity information: 120 used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• 120 (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The cardinal number that is the product of ten and twelve

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

120; great hundred; long hundred

Hypernyms ("120" is a kind of...):

large integer (an integer equal to or greater than ten)

• 120 (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being ten more than one hundred ten

Synonyms:

120; cxx; one hundred twenty

Similar:

cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)

 Context examples 

An electrocardiographic finding of a slightly widened QRS duration (typically less than 120 ms) with leftward frontal plane QRS axis and typically small Q waves in leads I and aVL.

(Left Anterior Fascicular Block by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

An electrocardiographic finding of an S1Q3 pattern and QRS axis greater than or equal to 120 degrees.

(Left Posterior Fascicular Block by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Human NLRP1 wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 17p13.2 and is approximately 120 kb in length.

(NLRP1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Pleckstrin-homology (PH) domains are protein modules of approximately 120 amino acids found in a wide variety of signaling proteins in organisms ranging from yeast to humans.

(PH Domain, NCI Thesaurus)

Human CPE wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 4q32.3 and is approximately 120 kb in length.

(CPE wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

An electrocardiographic finding of three or more consecutive complexes of ventricular origin with a rate less than a certain threshold (100 or 120 beats per minute are commonly used).

(Idioventricular Rhythm, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Sputnik Planitia’s initial location could be explained by Pluto’s complex climate, itself forced by the 120 degree tilt of Pluto’s spin axis.

(Scientists Probe Mystery of Pluto’s Icy Heart, NASA)

The study tested three factors – air pollution levels in homes, blood vitamin D levels, and asthma symptoms in 120 school-aged children with preexisting asthma.

(Vitamin D may protect against pollution-associated asthma symptoms in obese children, National Institutes of Health)

Blood pressure is written with the systolic blood pressure first, followed by the diastolic blood pressure (for example 120/80).

(Blood pressure, NCI Dictionary)

Human BMP5 wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 6p12.1 and is approximately 120 kb in length.

(BMP5 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)