natural number
a positive integer or zero.
Origin of natural number
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How to use natural number in a sentence
I now establish the following list of measurements of the plan in connected natural numbers.
The Solution of the Pyramid Problem | Robert BallardThe second row is found by adding the natural numbers together from the beginning.
The Canterbury Puzzles | Henry Ernest DudeneyTaking any one of the natural numbers, say 29, it is easy to see that it must have all inductive properties.
It follows that each of the natural numbers is increased by the addition of 1.
What have consonant tones to do with the simple natural numbers?
Popular scientific lectures | Ernst Mach
British Dictionary definitions for natural number
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
A positive integer.
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