abstract number

noun

, Mathematics.

1. a number that does not designate the quantity of any particular kind of thing.

Word History and Origins

Origin of abstract number¹

First recorded in 1550–60

Example Sentences

Even for the most left-brain of thinkers, it’s not in our nature to understand large abstract numbers or things like marginal improvements in accuracy.

From TechCrunch

And T must be, not a sum of concrete goods, but a sum of abstract numbers, and so itself an abstract number.

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