natural number
noun
a positive integer or zero.
Origin of natural number
1First recorded in 1755–65
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British Dictionary definitions for natural number
natural number
noun
any of the numbers 0,1,2,3,4,… that can be used to count the members of a set; the non-negative integers
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Scientific definitions for natural number
natural number
A positive integer.
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