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Math.a number that does not designate the quantity of any particular kind of thing. Cf. denominate number.[1550-60]
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Abstract number — Number Num ber (n[u^]m b[ e]r), n. [OE. nombre, F. nombre, L. numerus; akin to Gr. no mos that which is dealt out, fr. ne mein to deal out, distribute. See {Numb}, {Nomad}, and cf. {Numerate}, {Numero}, {Numerous}.] 1. That which admits of being… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
abstract number — Math. a number that does not designate the quantity of any particular kind of thing. Cf. denominate number. [1550 60] * * * abstract number, a number which does not relate to a particular object or thing, as 4 or 6 distinguished from 4 apples or… … Useful english dictionary
abstract number — noun A number used without application to things, as 6, 8, 10; but when applied to any thing, as 6 feet, 10 men, it becomes concrete. Ant: concrete number … Wiktionary
abstract number — unnamed number, number that cannot be attributed to any specific substances … English contemporary dictionary
Number — Num ber (n[u^]m b[ e]r), n. [OE. nombre, F. nombre, L. numerus; akin to Gr. no mos that which is dealt out, fr. ne mein to deal out, distribute. See {Numb}, {Nomad}, and cf. {Numerate}, {Numero}, {Numerous}.] 1. That which admits of being counted … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
number symbolism — Introduction cultural associations, including religious, philosophic, and aesthetic, with various numbers. Humanity has had a love hate relationship with numbers from the earliest times. Bones dating from perhaps 30,000 years ago show … Universalium
abstract — adjective /ˈæbstrækt / (say abstrakt) 1. conceived apart from matter and from special cases: an abstract number. 2. theoretical; not applied: abstract science. 3. conceptual, as opposed to actual: *not only that abstract hunger for absent faces… …
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