whole number
Also called counting number. one of the positive integers or zero; any of the numbers (0, 1, 2, 3, …).
(loosely) integer (def. 1).
Origin of whole number
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How to use whole number in a sentence
Meyer had prepared me for the coming storm, when Beethoven should hear of leaving out three whole numbers of the first act.
The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume II (of 3) | Alexander Wheelock ThayerWhole numbers of musical reviews were devoted to the study and discussion of his art in all its ramifications.
Musical Portraits | Paul RosenfeldConstruct a subtracting magic square with the first sixteen whole numbers that shall be "associated" by subtraction.
Amusements in Mathematics | Henry Ernest DudeneyEvery reader will have perceived that certain whole numbers are evidently impossible.
Amusements in Mathematics | Henry Ernest DudeneyMy remarks throughout must be understood to apply to whole numbers, because fractional soldiers are not of much use in war.
Amusements in Mathematics | Henry Ernest Dudeney
British Dictionary definitions for whole number
an integer
a natural number
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Scientific definitions for whole number
A member of the set of positive integers and zero.
A positive integer.
An integer.
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