aleph-null

[ah-lif-nuhl]

a·leph-null

[ah-lif-nuhl]
noun Mathematics.
the cardinal number of the set of all positive integers; the smallest transfinite cardinal number.
Also called a·leph-ze·ro [ah-lif-zeer-oh] .


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1905–10
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Aleph-null is always a great word to know.
So is quantity. Does it mean:
the letter used as the symbol for the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, or the ratio itself: 3.141592+
the property of magnitude involving comparability with other magnitudes, size, volume, area, or length
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aleph-null or aleph-zero
 
n
א0 the smallest infinite cardinal number; the cardinal number of the set of positive integers
 
aleph-zero or aleph-zero
 
n

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aleph-null   (ä'lěf-nŭl')  Pronunciation Key 
The first of the transfinite cardinal numbers, corresponding to the number of elements in the set of positive integers.
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