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WHOLE NUMBER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does whole number mean? 

WHOLE NUMBER (noun)
  The noun WHOLE NUMBER has 1 sense:

1. any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zeroplay

  Familiarity information: WHOLE NUMBER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WHOLE NUMBER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

integer; whole number

Context example:

an integer is a number that is not a fraction

Hypernyms ("whole number" is a kind of...):

number (a concept of quantity involving zero and units)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "whole number"):

characteristic (the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2)

divisor; factor (one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer)

common multiple (an integer that is a multiple of two or more other integers)

modulus (an integer that can be divided without remainder into the difference between two other integers)

digit; figure (one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration)

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

double digit (a two-digit integer; from 10 to 99)

population (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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