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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 zero
Familiarity information: WHOLE NUMBER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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