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NATURAL NUMBER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The number 1 and any other number obtained by adding 1 to it repeatedly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

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

number (a concept of quantity involving zero and units)

Credits

 Context examples: 

A natural number greater than 10 and less than 12 and the quantity that it denotes.

(Eleven, NCI Thesaurus)

A natural number greater than 14 and less than 16 and the quantity that it denotes.

(Fifteen, NCI Thesaurus)

A natural number greater than 8 and less than 10 and the quantity that it denotes: the sum of nine and one.

(Nine, NCI Thesaurus)

A natural number greater than eighty-nine and less than ninety-one and the quantity that it denotes.

(Ninety, NCI Thesaurus)

A natural number greater than forty-eight and less than fifty and the quantity that it denotes.

(Forty Nine, NCI Thesaurus)

A natural number greater than eighty-eight and less than ninety and the quantity that it denotes.

(Eighty Nine, NCI Thesaurus)

A natural number greater than thirty-nine and less than forty-one and the quantity that it denotes.

(Forty, NCI Thesaurus)

A natural number greater than fifty-eight and less than sixty and the quantity that it denotes.

(Fifty Nine, NCI Thesaurus)

A natural number greater than seventy-nine and less than eighty-one and the quantity that it denotes.

(Eighty, NCI Thesaurus)

A natural number greater than forty-nine and less than fifty-one and the quantity that it denotes.

(Fifty, NCI Thesaurus)